# sickness unto death

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Personal despair over the disquieting circumstances of human existence.
2. Despair, profound discontent, or a similar persistent debilitating malaise of the mind, spirit, or soul that produces a decline in mental, physical, or societal health and that may culminate in death or dissolution.

## Etymology
From the book The Sickness Unto Death (1849) by Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855).

## Source
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