anhedonia
/ˌæn.hiˈdoʊ.ni.ə/noun
anhedonia is spelled A-N-H-E-D-O-N-I-A: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, anhedonia means “The inability to feel pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, such as exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of anhedonia is anhedonias.
How many letters and syllables are in anhedonia?
| Letters | 9: A-N-H-E-D-O-N-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 102,771st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is anhedonia?
Anhedonia appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce anhedonia?
- UK /ˌan.hɪˈdəʊ.nɪə/
- US /ˌæn.hiˈdoʊ.ni.ə/
Anhedonia has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-anhedonia.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with anhedonia?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as anhedonia from its last stressed vowel (/oʊniə/):
- pneumonia
- zirconia
- begonia
- harmonia
- dysphonia
- watsonia
- heliconia
- pavonia
- houstonia
- adansonia
- claytonia
- gordonia
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of anhedonia
- anhedonias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anhedonia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The inability to feel pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, such as exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions.
Secondly, the distinction between consummatory and anticipatory anhedonia [21] is not taken into account although these two anhedonias could play different role in the risk of suicide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anhedonia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense inability to feel pleasure:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does anhedonia come from?
From French anhédonie (coined by Ribot, 1896), from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-) + ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).