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Polish
Etymology
Internationalism; compare English depression, French dépression, German Depression, ultimately from Latin dēpressiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛˈprɛ.sja/
- Rhymes: -ɛsja
- Syllabification: de‧pre‧sja
Noun
depresja f
- (clinical psychology, medicine) dejection, depression, despondency, lethargy, spleen (state of mind producing serious long-term lowering of enjoyment)
- Synonyms: przygnębienie, spleen
- Antonym: euforia
- (economics) depression (period of major economic contraction)
- Antonym: rozkwit
- (geography) depression, lowland (low area)
- Synonym: niż
- Hypernym: obniżenie
- (meteorology) depression, low (area of lowered air pressure)
- Synonym: niż
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- depresja in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- depresja in Polish dictionaries at PWN