PSYCHOTIC DEPRESSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does psychotic depression mean? 

• PSYCHOTIC DEPRESSION (noun)
  The noun PSYCHOTIC DEPRESSION has 1 sense:

1. a state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments

  Familiarity information: PSYCHOTIC DEPRESSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSYCHOTIC DEPRESSION (noun)

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Meaning:

A state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("psychotic depression" is a kind of...):

clinical depression; depression; depressive disorder (a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention)

Antonym:

neurotic depression (a term used for any state of depression that is not psychotic)