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reactive depression
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noun
depression occurring in response to some situational stress, as loss of one's job.
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Origin of reactive depression
First recorded in 1920–25
Words nearby reactive depression
reaction time, reaction turbine, reactivate, reactive, reactive component, reactive depression, reactive schizophrenia, reactive thrust, reactivity, reactor, reactor vessel
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