Anhedonia Definition

ănhē-dōnē-ə
noun
A psychological condition marked by an inability to experience pleasure.
Webster's New World
The inability to experience pleasure, as seen in certain mood disorders.
American Heritage Medicine

(medicine, psychiatry) The inability to feel pleasure.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Anhedonia

Noun

Singular:
anhedonia
Plural:
anhedonias

Origin of Anhedonia

  • New Latin anhēdonia Greek an- without a–1 Greek hēdonē pleasure swād- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French anhédonie (coined by Ribot, 1896), from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-) + ἡδονή (hēdonē, “pleasure”).

    From Wiktionary

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