depression
de-pres-sion · noun
Definitions
noun
- 1.
A mental health condition characterized by persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest.
- 2.
A severe and prolonged economic downturn.
- 3.
A sunken place or hollow in a surface.
- 4.
(meteorology) A region of low atmospheric pressure.
- 5.
The action of pressing down or being pressed down.
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Etymology
From Latin depressionem, noun of action from deprimere (to press down), from de- (down) + premere (to press). First recorded in English in the 14th century with the physical meaning; the psychological sense developed in the 17th century.