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MANIC-DEPRESSIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person afflicted with manic-depressive illness
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("manic-depressive" is a kind of...):
diseased person; sick person; sufferer (a person suffering from an illness)
Derivation:
manic-depressive (suffering from a disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Suffering from a disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression
Classified under:
Similar:
insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)
Derivation:
manic-depressive (a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness)