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20 Jul
Anhedonia

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 100 22:32:54 -0700
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anhedonia (an-hee-DO-nee-uh) noun

   Lack of pleasure or of the capacity to experience it.

[Greek an- + hedon(e) pleasure + -ia.]

   "Your falling out of love is a sort of anhedonia--an inability to
   experience pleasure--and this anhedonia is a biological relative, or
   even an equivalent, of depression."
   Peter Kramer, For better or worse, Elle, Sep 1997.
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