Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "depression" can be used as noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

elation happiness happy

Capable Of

bring on obsessive compulsive symptoms lead person to attempt suicide very isolating illness

Causes

inactivity suicide

Causes Desire

become inebriated commit perjury get drunk stay in bed write poem

Coordinate Terms

; recession vibecession

Derived Terms

Trumpression angle of depression anti-depression antidepression anxio-depression anxiodepression cardiodepression clinical depression cryptodepression depressional depressionary depressionism depressionist depressionless depressionlike dextrodepression double depression freezing-point depression immunodepression inbreeding depression infranasal depression laevodepression manic depression manic-depression microdepression neurodepression nondepression phagodepression post-con depression post-natal depression post-partum depression postdepression postnatal depression postpartum depression pre-depression pseudodepression retarded depression seasonal depression social depression summer depression tropical depression undepression vasodepression winter depression

Distinct From

happy

Context

biology economics geography meteorology physiology psychology us

Has Property

depressing treatable

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

affective disorder air mass angular position concave shape concavity crisis economic condition emotional disorder emotional disturbance formation geological formation incurvation incurvature major affective disorder mental condition mental state psychological condition psychological state push pushing sadness unhappiness

Type Of (IsA)

angular position concave shape concave thing crisis deep sadness economic condition health problem hell land topographical feature low ground major terrain feature mental illness mood psychological state push sadness walled cavity

Related Terms

depress depressant depressed depressing depressive downturn

Related Terms

bad bad economics clinical clinical condition condition deep deep sadness depress depressant depressing depressive disease downturn economic economic downturn economics elevation gdp great great sadness growth hurricane ideation illness market medication medication for mental mental disease mental illness morale nber problem psychiatry psychological psychological problem psychotherapy sad sadness severe severe sadness stock stock market suicide tornado unhappiness upset very very sad

Synonym Network

depressive disorder low natural depression

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