depression
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- noun
- /dɪˈprɛʃən/
- Specialized
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depresión económica
- The economic depression in the 1930s led to widespread unemployment and hardship for many families.
- economic depression
- depression and unemployment
- depression and inflation
And I suspect we might be heading into a depression with deflate, with inflation.
- And I suspect we might be heading into a depression with deflate, with inflation.
- The question is, how long did that last depression last?
- To this day, economists and historians disagree about the cause of both the crash and the depression that followed.
- And also, quite frankly, someone your age should be praying for a recession that verges on a depression.
- No wars, no depression, and what we did to print money is what we had to do to avoid a larger recession.
- So an energy induced depression that is broadly global in scope will start because of the Ukraine war at some point.
- These contributed to a sentiment depression for stocks, which prolonged the negativity of that economic cycle.
- We'll deal with it, but to call this anything other than a depression I think is misleading.
Examples
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With the war's denouement at hand, U.S. industrialists feared the return of the Depression.
Academic text (2004) -
The economic depression was absolutely central to this election and why the Dems came back.
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Along came the depression, and he was one of the first to go.
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We have no great war, no great depression.
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Although the period was one of severe economic depression, everybody sooner or later seemed able to find employment.
Fiction book (1999) -
By 1988, Mexico had suffered seven consecutive years of economic depression after 40 years of outstanding growth.
Academic text (1990) -
Two nights ago, she told me that even if Germany bails out the euro... there could still be a worldwide depression.
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By early 1952, however, the textile industry was in a deep depression, and New England mills were hardest hit.
Academic text (2003) -
After the "lost decade" of economic depression throughout Latin America, invidious comparisons were made with East Asia and Europe.
Academic text (1993) -
During her year as an unskilled factory worker in the depths of economic depression (1934-35),
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
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A period when the economy or business gets worse
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A period when business or the economy falls a lot
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A period when a country's economy becomes very weak and many people lose jobs
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A time when people buy and sell less and the economy slows
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.9
A serious mental illness doctors diagnose that causes long deep sadness and loss of interest and often needs treatment
- Archaic
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4.8
A mental illness with times of very high energy and times of very low mood
- Specialized
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8.0
A long time of deep sadness when someone cannot sit still and is easily annoyed
- Specialized
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8.8
Severe depression where a person loses touch with reality and has hallucinations or false beliefs
- Specialized
A long time feeling sad and low in energy for at least two years
- Specialized
A long time of feeling very sad because of changes in the brain, not because of life events
- Specialized
A deep sadness in babies who lose their mother or main caregiver and get little care
- Specialized
A depression where a person cannot feel pleasure in usual activities
- Archaic
A long, serious time of deep sadness and loss of interest that starts in middle age or after menopause
- Archaic
A long time of deep sadness and worry without false beliefs or hearing things that are not there
- Specialized
A period of deep sadness and low energy after a stressful life event
- Formal
A long serious feeling of sadness with very slow movement and little energy that makes starting things hard
- Specialized
A long illness of deep sadness and low energy without periods of very high mood
How Severe
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Morphology
Etymology
Depression comes from de- 'down' and press 'to push'. That image of being 'pressed down' helps explain why an economic depression is a long, severe fall in the economy with low trade and high unemployment.