manic-depressive

[ man-ik-di-pres-iv ]
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adjective
  1. having or experiencing bipolar disorder.

noun
  1. a person with this disorder.

Origin of manic-depressive

1
First recorded in 1900–05

Words Nearby manic-depressive

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How to use manic-depressive in a sentence

  • The cases in this family seem all to be instances of manic-depressive insanity.

    Being Well-Born | Michael F. Guyer
  • Occasionally it shows, superficially, a similarity to the manic-depressive type.

    Benign Stupors | August Hoch

British Dictionary definitions for manic-depressive

manic-depressive

/ psychiatry /


adjective
  1. denoting a mental disorder characterized either by an alternation between extreme euphoria and deep depression (bipolar manic-depressive disorder or syndrome) or by depression on its own or (rarely) by elation on its own (unipolar disorder)

noun
  1. a person afflicted with this disorder: Compare cyclothymia

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