Dysphoria

//dɪsˈfɔːɹi.ə// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression, or anxiety. countable, uncountable

    "body dysphoria"

  2. 2
    abnormal depression and discontent wordnet
  3. 3
    Ellipsis of gender dysphoria. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

    "height dysphoria"

Example

More examples

"Many transgender people experience gender dysphoria."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δυσφορία (dusphoría, “excessive pain”), from δύσφορος (dúsphoros, “grievous”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + φέρω (phérō, “I bear, carry”).

Related phrases

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