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Anhedonia
has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
| given to using long words. |
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
anhedonia
1897, coined in Fr., anhédonie (1896) by Fr. psychologist Theodule Ribot (1839-1916) as an opposite to analgesia, from Gk. an-, privative prefix, + hedone "pleasure" (see hedonist).
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Medical Dictionary
anhedonia an·he·do·ni·a (ān'hē-dō'nē-ə)
n.
Absence of pleasure from the performance of acts that would normally be pleasurable.
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