anhedonia
pronunciation
How to pronounce anhedonia in British English:
UK [,ænhɪ'dəʊnɪə]
How to pronounce anhedonia in American English:
US [ ,ænhi'doniə]
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- Noun:
- an inability to experience pleasure
Word Origin
- anhedonia (n.)
- "inability to feel pleasure," 1897, from French anhédonie, coined 1896 by French psychologist Theodule Ribot (1839-1916) as an opposite to analgesia, from Greek an-, privative prefix (see an- (1)), + hedone "pleasure" (see hedonist) + abstract noun ending -ia.
Example
- 1. A key symptom of major depression disorder is anhedonia , a failure to find pleasure in everyday life .
- 2. If they do not show much interest in it , it is interpreted to be a sign of the anhedonia that depressed patients exhibit .
- 3. But symptoms like anhedonia were thought to be adult problems because it 's often talked about as decreased libido .
- 4. A state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention .
- 5. Quickly switching between websites may reflect anhedonia ( a decreased ability to experience emotions ) , as people desperately seek for emotional stimulation .