| NOUN | state | dysthymia, dysthymic depression | mild chronic depression |
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| Meaning | mild chronic depression. | |
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| Example | "I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia" | |
| Synonym | dysthymic depression | |
| Broader | depressive disorder, clinical depression, depression | A state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention |
| Spanish | depresión distímica, distimia | |
| Catalan | distímia | |
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