Prolonged seasickness will in most persons produce a temporary condition of anhedonia. Every good, terrestrial or celestial, is imagined only to be turned from with disgust.
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Anhedonia
//ˌæn.hiˈdoʊ.ni.ə//
Synonyms for "anhedonia" (2 found)
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14 translations across 14 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- anhedonisme noun (inability to feel pleasure)
Czech
1 entries- anhedonie noun (inability to feel pleasure)
Dutch
1 entries- anhedonie noun (inability to feel pleasure)
French
1 entries- anhédonie noun (inability to feel pleasure)
Greek
1 entries- ανηδονία noun (inability to feel pleasure)
Icelandic
1 entries- vansæld noun (inability to feel pleasure)
Italian
1 entries- anedonia noun (inability to feel pleasure)
Polish
1 entries- anhedonia noun (inability to feel pleasure)
Portuguese
1 entries- anedonia noun (inability to feel pleasure)
Russian
1 entries- ангедония noun (inability to feel pleasure)
Spanish
1 entries- anhedonia noun (inability to feel pleasure)
Swedish
1 entries- anhedoni noun (inability to feel pleasure)
Turkish
1 entries- anhedoni noun (inability to feel pleasure)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ангедо́нія noun (inability to feel pleasure)
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Rather, Meehl suggests that anhedonia is a manifestation of the mixed signals to which the preschizophrenic individual is subjected because of the neurointegrative deficit.
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Secondly, the distinction between consummatory and anticipatory anhedonia [21] is not taken into account although these two anhedonias could play different role in the risk of suicide.
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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).
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