anhedonia

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See also: anhedonią

English

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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/
  • Audio (US):(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: A Study in Human Nature , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. , →OCLC, page 146:
      Prolonged seasickness will in most persons produce a temporary condition of anhedonia. Every good, terrestrial or celestial, is imagined only to be turned from with disgust.
    • 2012, R. R. J. Lewine, “Anhedonia and the Amotivational State of Schizophrenia”, in Andreas Marneros, Nancy C. Andreasen, Ming T. Tsuang, editors, Negative Versus Positive Schizophrenia, Springer, page 82:
      Rather, Meehl suggests that anhedonia is a manifestation of the mixed signals to which the preschizophrenic individual is subjected because of the neurointegrative deficit.
    • 2014, Gwenolé Loas, 11: Anhedonia and Risk of Suicide: An Overview, Michael S. Ritsner (editor), Anhedonia: A Comprehensive Handbook, Volume II, Springer, page 251:
      Secondly, the distinction between consummatory and anticipatory anhedonia is not taken into account although these two anhedonias could play different role in the risk of suicide.
    • 2020, Erin Trifilio, John B. Williamson, Kenneth M. Heilman, “Chapter 9: Changes in Emotions and Mood with Aging”, in Kenneth M. Heilman, Stephen E. Nadeau, editors, Cognitive Changes of the Aging Brain, Cambridge University Press, page 133:
      Anhedonia is the reduced ability to experience pleasure from activities that were previously found to be enjoyable. Anhedonia can induce diminished motivation to engage in a potentially pleasurable activity (anticipatory anhedonia) and loss of the enjoyment experienced from the action itself (consummatory anhedonia).

Derived terms

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see French anhédonie).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑnhedoniɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -oniɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): an‧he‧do‧nia

Noun

anhedonia

  1. (medicine, psychiatry) anhedonia

Declension

Inflection of anhedonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative anhedonia anhedoniat
genitive anhedonian anhedonioiden
anhedonioitten
partitive anhedoniaa anhedonioita
illative anhedoniaan anhedonioihin
singular plural
nominative anhedonia anhedoniat
accusative nom. anhedonia anhedoniat
gen. anhedonian
genitive anhedonian anhedonioiden
anhedonioitten
anhedoniain rare
partitive anhedoniaa anhedonioita
inessive anhedoniassa anhedonioissa
elative anhedoniasta anhedonioista
illative anhedoniaan anhedonioihin
adessive anhedonialla anhedonioilla
ablative anhedonialta anhedonioilta
allative anhedonialle anhedonioille
essive anhedoniana anhedonioina
translative anhedoniaksi anhedonioiksi
abessive anhedoniatta anhedonioitta
instructive anhedonioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of anhedonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

Further reading

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French anhédonie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aŋ.xɛˈdɔɲ.ja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɲja
  • Syllabification: an‧he‧don‧ia

Noun

anhedonia f

  1. (medicine, psychiatry) anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, such as exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities, or social interactions)

Declension

Further reading

  • anhedonia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • anhedonia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French anhédonie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aneˈdonja/
  • Rhymes: -onja
  • Syllabification: an‧he‧do‧nia

Noun

anhedonia f (plural anhedonias)

  1. (medicine, psychiatry) anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure)

Further reading