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ANACLITIC DEPRESSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Severe and progressive depression in infants who lose their mother and do not get a suitable substitute
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("anaclitic depression" is a kind of...):
clinical depression; depression; depressive disorder (a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention)
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