"anhedonic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ænhiːˈdɒnɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ænhɪˈdɑnɪk/ [General-American], /ænhiˈdɑnɪk/ [General-American] Audio: En-uk-anhedonic.oga Forms: more anhedonic [comparative], most anhedonic [superlative]
Etymology: From anhedon(ia) + -ic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|anhedonia|ic|alt1=anhedon(ia)}} anhedon(ia) + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} anhedonic (comparative more anhedonic, superlative most anhedonic)
  1. (psychiatry, also figuratively) Showing anhedonia; having no capacity to feel pleasure. Tags: also, figuratively Categories (topical): Psychiatry Derived forms: anhedonically, antianhedonic Related terms: anhedonia, hedonic, hedonically, hedonics, hedonism, hedonist, hedonistic, hedonistically, nonhedonistic, unhedonistic Translations (showing anhedonia): anedônico (Brazilian Portuguese), anedónico (European Portuguese), anhedonisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-anhedonic-en-adj-KPYeYUZv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences

Noun [English]

IPA: /ænhiːˈdɒnɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ænhɪˈdɑnɪk/ [General-American], /ænhiˈdɑnɪk/ [General-American] Audio: En-uk-anhedonic.oga Forms: anhedonics [plural]
Etymology: From anhedon(ia) + -ic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|anhedonia|ic|alt1=anhedon(ia)}} anhedon(ia) + -ic Head templates: {{en-noun}} anhedonic (plural anhedonics)
  1. (psychiatry) A person who has anhedonia. Categories (topical): Psychiatry, Emotions, People
    Sense id: en-anhedonic-en-noun-PMqnh5hd Disambiguation of Emotions: 39 61 Disambiguation of People: 25 75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ic, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 34 66 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 42 58 Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences

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  "word": "anhedonic"
}

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