anhedonia
noun
lack of pleasure or of the capacity to experience it.
anhedonic
-
a word derived from
anhedonia.
Example Sentences
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Grocery shopping is more of a trial than ever, as the retail spaces that once offered customer-focused pleasure increasingly resemble just another logistics space, while online ordering adds another layer of anhedonic abstraction.
From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2025
Like an anhedonic “Hamlet 2,” this swiftly canceled NBC series centered on a teacher nudging his charges toward material they might not be ready for.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2018
Plus, in “Why Love Now” he has a worthy target in his crosshairs, a subspecies of anhedonic alt-bro crowding the sidewalks of “up-and-coming” neighborhoods.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 8, 2017
A longstanding favourite with hip-hop and R&B artists, he was a major influence on Kanye West’s anhedonic 808s & Heartbreak album.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 11, 2016
The humiliated man is anhedonic, even if he is a philosopher.
From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson
