| English noun: depressive disorder | 
| 1. | depressive disorder (state) a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention | 
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 | Synonyms | clinical depression, depression | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | agitated depression, anaclitic depression, dysthymia, dysthymic depression, endogenous depression, exogenous depression, major depressive episode, neurotic depression, psychotic depression, reactive depression, retarded depression | 
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