depressive
Americanadjective
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tending to cause depression.
depressive environmental factors.
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characterized by depression, especially mental depression.
noun
adjective
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tending to depress; causing depression
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psychol tending to be subject to periods of depression See also manic-depressive
Other Word Forms
- depressively adverb
- depressiveness noun
- nondepressive adjective
- nondepressively adverb
- overdepressive adjective
- overdepressively adverb
- overdepressiveness noun
- postdepressive adjective
- undepressive adjective
- undepressively adverb
- undepressiveness noun
Etymology
Origin of depressive
Example Sentences
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For example, some results suggested that vitamin D might help reduce depressive symptoms in teens, but the findings were not consistent.
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Roughly 15 percent of U.S. men aged 21 to 25 years reported experiencing a major depressive episode in 2024.
These region-specific shifts were strongly connected to improvements in patients' depressive symptoms.
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Participants either had a clinical diagnosis of depression or were experiencing depressive symptoms but did not have other co-existing conditions.
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Spending less time in front of the television and more time on other activities could help prevent major depressive disorder, especially during middle age.
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