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MANIC-DEPRESSIVE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person afflicted with manic-depressive illness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("manic-depressive" is a kind of...):

diseased person; sick person; sufferer (a person suffering from an illness)

Derivation:

manic-depressive (suffering from a disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suffering from a disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)

Derivation:

manic-depressive (a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness)

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