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manic-depressive
[ man-ik-di-pres-iv ]
noun
- a person with this disorder.
manic-depressive
adjective
- 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
- a person afflicted with this disorder Compare cyclothymia
Word History and Origins
Origin of manic-depressive1
Example Sentences
In his own words, he is “actually very manic depressive” and can feel the world moving past him.
Saint Laurent was at his best a genius, and at his worst a manic-depressive genius.
In the excited stage of manic-depressive insanity it is not uncommon to find that the memory is abnormally active.
Of the two terms (folie circulaire and manic-depressive insanity) the latter is the more correct.
The mental symptoms, in short, are very similar to those of the elevated stage of manic-depressive insanity.
The cases in this family seem all to be instances of manic-depressive insanity.
Occasionally it shows, superficially, a similarity to the manic-depressive type.
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