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Meaning of "anhedonic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ANHEDONIC

anhedonic  [ˌænhɪˈdɒnɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANHEDONIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Anhedonic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ANHEDONIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Anhedonia

In psychology and psychiatry, anhedonia is defined as the inability to experience pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, e.g. exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions. While earlier definitions of anhedonia emphasized pleasurable experience, more recent models have highlighted the need to consider different aspects of enjoyable behavior, such as motivation or desire to engage in an activity, as compared to the level of enjoyment of the activity itself. According to William James the term was coined by Théodule-Armand Ribot. One can distinguish many kinds of pathological depression. Sometimes it is mere passive joylessness and dreariness, discouragement, dejection, lack of taste and zest and spring. Professor Ribot has proposed the name anhedonia to designate this condition. "The state of anhedonia, if I may coin a new word to pair off with analgesia," he writes, "has been very little studied, but it exists." Anhedonia can be a characteristic of mental disorders including mood disorders, schizoaffective disorder, schizoid personality disorder and schizophrenia.

Definition of anhedonic in the English dictionary

The definition of anhedonic in the dictionary is unable to feel or experience pleasure.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANHEDONIC


arachidonic
ˌærəkɪˈdɒnɪk
bionic
baɪˈɒnɪk
boustrophedonic
buːˌstrɒfɪˈdɒnɪk
chalcedonic
ˌkælsɪˈdɒnɪk
chronic
ˈkrɒnɪk
electronic
ɪlɛkˈtrɒnɪk
harmonic
hɑːˈmɒnɪk
hedonic
hiːˈdɒnɪk
hydroponic
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈpɒnɪk
iconic
aɪˈkɒnɪk
ionic
aɪˈɒnɪk
ironic
aɪˈrɒnɪk
mastodonic
ˌmæstəˈdɒnɪk
sardonic
sɑːˈdɒnɪk
sonic
ˈsɒnɪk
supersonic
ˌsuːpəˈsɒnɪk
symphonic
sɪmˈfɒnɪk
Tiptronic
tɪpˈtrɒnɪk
tonic
ˈtɒnɪk
ultrasonic
ˌʌltrəˈsɒnɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANHEDONIC

angustifoliate
angustirostrate
angwantibo
Anhalt
anharmonic
anhedonia
anhedral
anhelation
anhidrosis
anhidrotic
anhinga
Anhui
anhungered
anhungred
Anhwei
anhydrase
anhydride
anhydrite
anhydrous

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANHEDONIC

Adonic
anionic
azonic
cationic
chthonic
colonic
draconic
embryonic
hadronic
hyaluronic
hydronic
hypotonic
masonic
Napoleonic
optoelectronic
philharmonic
phonic
Platonic
polyphonic
tectonic

Synonyms and antonyms of anhedonic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «anhedonic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANHEDONIC

Find out the translation of anhedonic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of anhedonic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «anhedonic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

anhedonic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

anhedónico
570 millions of speakers

English

anhedonic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

anhedonic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

anhedonic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ангедонической
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

anhedonic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

anhedonic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

anhédoniques
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Anhedonic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

anhedonic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

anhedonic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

anhedonic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Anhedonic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

anhedonic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

anhedonic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वंशपरंपरागत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

anhedonik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

anedonico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

anhedonic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ангедоніческой
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

anhedonic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

anhedonic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

anhedonic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

anhedonic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

anhedonic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of anhedonic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANHEDONIC»

The term «anhedonic» is regularly used and occupies the 103.467 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANHEDONIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about anhedonic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANHEDONIC»

Discover the use of anhedonic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to anhedonic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Behavioral Models in Stress Research
1 d after S 1 w after S 2w after S 3w after S 4w after S 1% 0.8% 0.75% 0.7% 0.65 % ** 1-w after Stress li Control Non-anhedonic Anhedonic MoT Cit NOT Cil NoT Clt 3-w after Stress X Control Non-anhedonic Anhedonic NoT Cit NoT Cit NoT Cit  ...
Allan V. Kalueff, Justin L. LaPorte, 2008
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Emotional Development: Recent Research Advances
Using the PAS, many studies examined anhedonic participants who were found to have clinical, cognitive, and psychophysiological abnormalities, promoting an interest in studying populations with an anhedonic personality trait.
Jacqueline Nadel, Darwin Muir, 2005
3
Abnormal Child Psychology: A Developmental Perspective
Subsequently, Luby and colleagues (2003) compared preschoolers with subtypes of depression (hedonic depression or anhedonic depression) to preschoolers with other psychiatric problems (ADHD or ODD) and healthy preschoolers.
Linda Wilmshurst, 2008
4
The History of Mental Symptoms: Descriptive Psychopathology ...
He described an 'anhedonic syndrome' as a feature of certain neuroses and of depression:80 'The term 'constitutional anhedonic personality' is here used to designate individuals who, from the earliest period of their lives, have shown ...
G. E. Berrios, 1996
5
Symptoms of Schizophrenia
s (1976) original application of the Physical and Social Anhedonia Scales, only one-third of their 121 patient sample demonstrated anhedonic scores (defined as two standard deviations above the norm). Similar results have been obtained by  ...
Charles G. Costello, 1993
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Advances in 1-Naphthylamine Research and Application: 2012 ...
(2011 JAN 19) Aarhus University Hospital: Nicotine reverses anhedonic-like response and cognitive impairment in the rat chronic mild stress model of depression - comparison with sertraline Current study results from the report, “ Nicotine ...
‎2012
7
Amino Acids—Advances in Research and Application: 2012 Edition
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton: Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Reveal Differential Hippocampal Changes in Anhedonic and Resilient Subtypes of the Chronic Mild Stress Rat Model “Repeated exposure to mild ...
‎2012
8
Infant Health Care Use: The Influences of Maternal ...
General distress, anxious arousal and anhedonic depression scores are each calculated by summing the items included on the subscale. Items requiring reverse coding on the anhedonic depression symptoms subscale (i.e. items 1, 9, 15, 19, ...
Tracy E. Moran, 2008
9
The Motivational Impact of Nicotine and its Role in Tobacco Use
Administration of nicotine via minipumps at a dose sufficient to induce the anhedonic component of withdrawal upon cessation of the infusion also results in the emergence of the somatic component of nicotine withdrawal (see below). Similar ...
Rick A. Bevins, Anthony R. Caggiula, 2008
10
The Laughter Factor
to deranged extremes. Indeed, I have known anhedonic psychiatrists who were hell-bent on resisting humor until death. Such persons are oblivious to the spontaneity humor elicits. They mourn the death of pleasure in themselves to the point ...
Dan Keller, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANHEDONIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term anhedonic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
New Biomarker May Predict Suicide
... they were highly anhedonic, obviously they were suicidal, more suicidal than our past attempters, but when we looked at activation of the KP, ... «Medscape, Jun 15»
2
Studio Ghibli's When Marnie Was There is a joyous-glum outsider …
... else (i.e., all the seemingly normal, non-anhedonic people), and she's forever on the outside. And as far as she's concerned, she deserves it. «City Pages, Jun 15»
3
Boulevard -- a Film Review
Let's pray this trio of valedictories do not evoke anhedonic references .... Let's pray this trio of valedictories do not evoke anhedonic references ... «American Thinker, Jun 15»
4
These Ferret Babies Following Their Mom Just Scurried Their Way …
Anyway, for those of you who are less anhedonic when it comes to cute Internet videos, here's this super cute vid you should check out. Let me know how it feels ... «Bustle, Jun 15»
5
Game 5: It's Time (Warriors 104, Rockets 90)
On a scale of 0-100 with 100 being completely satisfied and 0 being an anhedonic troll, where will you be if the Ws do not defeat the King and ... «San Jose Mercury News, May 15»
6
The positive effect on ketamine as a priming adjuvant in …
On the 14th day, all animals treated with antidepressant display behavioral rescuing of anhedonic behavior (IMP (P<0.01) and FLX (P<0.05), ... «Nature.com, May 15»
7
When Marnie Was There (Omoide no Marnie)
... else (i.e., all the seemingly normal, non-anhedonic people), and she's forever on the outside. And as far as she's concerned, she deserves it. «LA Weekly, May 15»
8
Adult Coloring Books Capitalize on Play Trends
... over the long term, our mood darkens. We lose our sense of optimism and we become anhedonic, or incapable of feeling sustained pleasure. «PSFK, Apr 15»
9
Ease Depression…With Red Wine?
“We measured neuroinflammation and tested for anhedonic behaviors at one time point — five days after the final stress exposure, which was ... «Yahoo Health, Apr 15»
10
Electrical stimulation alleviates depressive-like behaviors of rats …
... center zone and increased sucrose intake, indicating anxiolytic and alleviation of anhedonic-like behavior as compared with CUS sham rats. «Nature.com, Mar 15»

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