anhedonia

[ an-hee-doh-nee-uh ]

/ ˌæn hiˈdoʊ ni ə /

noun Psychology.

lack of pleasure or of the capacity to experience it.

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CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PART OF SPEECH QUIZ!

How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text! Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.

Question 1 of 10

In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

adverb, adverb

adverb, conjunction

adjective, conjunction

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Origin of anhedonia

1895–1900; < Greek an- an-¹ + hēdon(ḗ) pleasure + -ia -ia

OTHER WORDS FROM anhedonia

an·he·don·ic

[an-hee-don-ik] /ˌæn hiˈdɒn ɪk/, adjective

Words nearby anhedonia

angwantibo, angélique, anhalt, anharmonic, anharmonic ratio, anhedonia, anhedral, anhidrosis, anhidrotic, anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, anhinga

Medical definitions for anhedonic

anhedonia

[ ăn′hē-dō′nē-ə ]

n.

Absence of pleasure from the performance of acts that would normally be pleasurable.