# dysthymia

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A tendency to be depressed, without hope.
2. A form of clinical depression, characterized by low-grade depression which lasts at least two years.

## Etymology
From dys- + -thymia.
From Ancient Greek δυσθυμία (dusthumía, “despondency, despair; ill-temper”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + θυμός (thumós, “soul, spirit”).

## Source
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