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A.Word.A.Day--anhedonia

(an-hee-DO-nee-uh)

noun: Lack of pleasure or of the capacity to experience it.

[Greek an- + hedon(e) pleasure + -ia.]

"Your falling out of love is a sort of anhedonia -- an inability to experience pleasure -- and this anhedonia is a biological relative, or even an equivalent, of depression."
Peter Kramer; For Better or Worse; Elle; Sep 1997.

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