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DYSPHORIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dysphoria mean?
• DYSPHORIA (noun)
The noun DYSPHORIA has 1 sense:
1. abnormal depression and discontent
Familiarity information: DYSPHORIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abnormal depression and discontent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("dysphoria" is a kind of...):
depression (sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy)
discontent; discontentedness; discontentment (a longing for something better than the present situation)
Antonym:
euphoria (a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation)
Derivation:
dysphoric (generalized feeling of distress)
Context examples
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Severity of the depression/dysphoria.
(NPI - Depression/Dysphoria Severity, NCI Thesaurus)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Frequency of the depression/dysphoria.
(NPI - Depression/Dysphoria Frequency, NCI Thesaurus)
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