Your English writing platform

Write in English at your best with Ludwig

Register

Sentence examples for anhedonia from inspiring English sources

Dictionary

anhedonia

noun

The inability to feel pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, such as exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions.

Ai Feedback

The word "anhedonia" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the clinical condition of anhedonia, which is defined as the inability to feel pleasure or happiness from activities that normally produce those feelings. For example, "John has been diagnosed with anhedonia, so he has struggled to find joy in activities he used to enjoy."

Exact(51)

"I got a lot of really positive messages from people saying it was nice to hear it talked about, and one in particular, a girl messaged me to say she thought she had anorgasmia but what she actually had is sexual anhedonia which I'd never heard of.

(I won't lie; I had to look up anhedonia).

Anyone acquainted with depression will find Leopardi dreadfully plausible: another name for his "reason" could be depressive lucidity, and his works communicate an apathy and an anhedonia that are almost contagious.

Each hospital stay further weakened his body, while chronic anhedonia left him unable to rally when he was released.

Soon after, the same disorder befell me — turns out it's a symptom of depression, called anhedonia.

"The image I was cultivating was Last Man Standing, but I realized I felt sick most of the time, that anhedonia had set in, just as it did with Doug near the end".

– Glenn Collins Well: An elegant post by Susan Gubar, a cancer patient, on the thrill of a Johnnie Walker or a glass of red wine after the darkness of anhedonia.

Even these drawbacks might not have stopped me, were it not for another grotesque side effect, one rarely mentioned to patients and hard to describe: anhedonia, the inability to experience pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable.

Show more...

Similar(3)

This has led to 'pan-anhedonia' – low-grade depression all over the place.

Waiting for the Miracle Anhedonia, Here I Come Katania Trump's Lawyers Argue That He Cannot Be Impeached Because He Was Never Actually Elected Atul Gawande: Curiosity and What Equality Really Means How Pusha T's "The Story of Adidon" Viciously Undercuts Drake's Celebrity Subscribe to The New Yorkerfor only $1 a week.Plus, get a free tote.

Waiting for the Miracle Anhedonia, Here I Come Katania The Promise of Vaping and the Rise of Juul The Lifespan of a Photographer's Marriage, One Portrait of His Partner at a Time The Trouble with Elon Musk and Grimes Subscribe to The New Yorkerfor only $1 a week.Plus, get a free tote.

Your English writing platform

Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.

Student

Used by millions of students, scientific researchers, professional translators and editors from all over the world!

MitStanfordHarvardAustralian Nationa UniversityNanyangOxford

Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak quote

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak

CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com

Get started for free

Unlock your writing potential with Ludwig

Letters

Most frequent sentences: