exogenous depression

1. 1.

   an inappropriate state of depression that is precipitated by events in the person's life (to be distinguished from normal grief)

   Synonymsreactive depression

   Broaderdepressive disorder

Questions about exogenous depression

What does exogenous depression mean?

exogenous depression means "an inappropriate state of depression that is precipitated by events in the person's life (to be distinguished from normal grief)".

What is another word for exogenous depression?

Close synonyms include reactive depression. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is exogenous depression a common word?

exogenous depression is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.