anhedonia
/ˌæn.hiˈdoʊ.ni.ə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.93 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The inability to feel pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, such as exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Rather, Meehl suggests that anhedonia is a manifestation of the mixed signals to which the preschizophrenic individual is subjected because of the neurointegrative deficit."
- "Secondly, the distinction between consummatory and anticipatory anhedonia [21] is not taken into account although these two anhedonias could play different role in the risk of suicide."
- "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)."
Etymology
From French anhédonie (coined by Ribot, 1896), from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-) + ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: *sweh₂d-, anhédonie, ἀν-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌæn.hiˈdoʊ.ni.ə/
- British English: /ˌan.hɪˈdəʊ.nɪə/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
anhedonic
anhedonism
Phrases
anticipatory anhedonia
consummatory anhedonia