Clinical depression
Clinical depression noun - A state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention.
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Dysthymia and clinical depression are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dysthymia" instead a noun phrase "Clinical depression".
Dysthymia
Dysthymia noun - Mild chronic depression.
Usage example: I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia
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Synonyms for Dysthymia
Clinical depression and dysthymia are semantically related. You can use "Clinical depression" instead a noun "Dysthymia".
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Dysthymia and Clinical depression. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clinical_depression/dysthymia
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