Dysphoria
/dɪsˈfɔːɹi.ə/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 abnormal depression and discontent wordnet
- 3 Ellipsis of gender dysphoria. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
"height dysphoria"
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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”).