anhedonia
See also: anhedonią
English
WOTD – 18 July 2008
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)
- (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, Folio Society, published 2008, page 123:
- Sometimes it is mere passive joylessness and dreariness, discouragement, dejection, lack of taste and zest and spring. Professor Ribot has proposed the name anhedonia to designate this condition.
- 2012, R. R. J. Lewine, Anhedonia and the Amotivational State of Schizophrenia, 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 [21] is not taken into account although these two anhedonias could play different role[sic] in the risk of suicide.
- 2020, Erin Trifilio, John B. Williamson, Kenneth M. Heilman, Chapter 9: Changes in Emotions and Mood with Aging, 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) [67].
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Derived terms
- anhedonic
- anhedonism
- anticipatory anhedonia
- consummatory anhedonia
Translations
inability to feel pleasure
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Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see French anhédonie).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑnhedoniɑ/, [ˈɑnhe̞ˌdo̞niɑ]
- Rhymes: -oniɑ
- Syllabification(key): an‧he‧do‧ni‧a
Noun
anhedonia
- (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 anhedoniainrare | |
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | anhedonioin | |
| abessive | anhedoniatta | anhedonioitta | |
| comitative | — | anhedonioineen | |
| Possessive forms of anhedonia (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | anhedoniani | anhedoniamme |
| 2nd person | anhedoniasi | anhedonianne |
| 3rd person | anhedoniansa | |
Polish
Etymology
From an- Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /an.xɛˈdɔ.ɲa/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɲa
- Syllabification: an‧he‧do‧nia
Noun
anhedonia f
- (medicine, psychiatry) anhedonia
Declension
Declension of anhedonia
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | anhedonia |
| genitive | anhedonii |
| dative | anhedonii |
| accusative | anhedonię |
| instrumental | anhedonią |
| locative | anhedonii |
| vocative | anhedonio |
Further reading
- anhedonia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- anhedonia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Etymology
From French anhédonie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aneˈdonja/ [a.neˈð̞o.nja]
- Rhymes: -onja
- Syllabification: an‧he‧do‧nia
Noun
anhedonia f (plural anhedonias)
- (medicine, psychiatry) anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure)
Further reading
- “anhedonia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014