ANACLITIC DEPRESSION

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Severe and progressive depression in infants who lose their mother and do not get a suitable substitute

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("anaclitic depression" is a kind of...):

clinical depression; depression; depressive disorder (a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention)

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