anhedonia

English

WOTD – 18 July 2008

Etymology

From French anhédonie (coined by Ribot, 1896), from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-) + ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, pleasure).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌan.hɪˈdəʊ.nɪə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæn.hiˈdoʊ.ni.ə/
  • (file)

Noun

anhedonia (usually uncountable, plural anhedonias)

  1. (medicine, psychiatry) The inability to feel pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, such as exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions.
    • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 123:
      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.

Derived terms

Translations


Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /an.xɛˈdɔ.ɲa/
  • (file)

Noun

anhedonia f

  1. (medicine, psychiatry) anhedonia

Declension

Further reading


Spanish

Noun

anhedonia f (plural anhedonias)

  1. (medicine, psychiatry) anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.