Associations to the word «Dysthymia»

Wiktionary

DYSTHYMIA, noun. A tendency to be depressed, without hope.
DYSTHYMIA, noun. (psychiatry) A form of clinical depression, characterized by low-grade depression which lasts at least 2 years.

Dictionary definition

DYSTHYMIA, noun. Mild chronic depression; "I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia".

Wise words

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John Locke