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Depression

nounid 41795·updated May 18, 2026
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a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

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synonym
clinical depressiondepressive disordereconomic crisisimpressionlownatural depressionslump
plural
Depressions
possessive
Depression's
pluralpossessive
Depressions'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary9 sensesview framework →
§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
§6
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
§8
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

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