depressions
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Definitions ofdepressions
- In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.
Example: "I used to suffer from depression, but now I'm mostly content with my life."
- An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
- In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a period of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.
- An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
- A period of major economic contraction.
- Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.
Example: "The Great Depression was the worst financial event in US history."
- The act of lowering or pressing something down.
Example: "Depression of the lever starts the machine."
- A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.
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