Depression
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
Framework senses
- §1
- pushing down
- §2
- sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
- §3
- a sunken or depressed geological formation
- §4
- angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- §5
- a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
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- a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
- §7
- a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
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- a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
- §9
- an air mass of lower pressure