单词 | manic-depressive |
释义 | manic-depressiveadj.n. Psychiatry. A. adj. Designating a form of mental illness characterized by one or more episodes of mania typically accompanied by one or more episodes of major depression (now often called bipolar disorder); affected with this disorder; characteristic or symptomatic of this disorder. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > affected with mania > specifically in psychiatry > manic-depressive manic-depressive1902 1901 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 28 512 Dr. Knapp said..[that] perhaps the only question that might come up would be in this maniacal-depressive insanity.] 1902 A. R. Diefendorf tr. E. Kraepelin Clin. Psychiatry 282 Manic-Depressive Insanity. This term is applied to that mental disorder which recurs..throughout the life of the individual and in which a defective hereditary endowment seems to be the..prominent etiological factor. 1931 E. Wilson Axel's Castle iii. 92 The modern psychologists would probably diagnose him as introverted, narcissistic and manic depressive. 1959 R. Graves Coll. Poems 315 Have seen two parallel red-ink lines drawn Under their manic-depressive bank accounts. 1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. xv. 520 It was the manic-depressive rhythm of the market, with its spurts and stoppages, that made the large urban centre so important to industry. 1973 Sci. Amer. Sept. 117/3 Manic-depressive psychosis is marked by severe disturbances in mood that are self~limited in time but are recurrent and frequently cyclic. 1989 E. Lawrence Guide Mod. Biol. iv. 141 An inherited tendency to manic-depressive illness..has also been reported from other families. 1998 Family Process 37 215 One can distinguish families with members with psychosomatic, manic-depressive, and schizophrenic symptoms by the way they overcome conflicts and ambivalence. B. n. A person suffering from manic-depressive disorder. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > mania > manic depression > person manic-depressive1902 cycloid1925 cyclothyme1925 cyclothymic1925 1902 A. R. Diefendorf tr. E. Kraepelin Clin. Psychiatry 82 It may be distinguished from the stupor of the..manic-depressive by the absence of retardation. 1934 P. Bottome Private Worlds xxi. 206 A gland experiment which would help them to get a certain physical reaction from manic depressives. 1943 J. S. Huxley Evol. Ethics ii. 13 Complete alternation of conflicting moods is exemplified in manic-depressives. 1961 J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) xxvii. 298 Greed depresses you. Crime depresses you. Corruption depresses you. You know, it wouldn't surprise me if you're a manic-depressive! 1991 A. Carter Wise Children (1992) i. 14 He was volatility in person, you'd diagnose a manic depressive, these days. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1902 |
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