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anhedonia
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an·he·do·ni·a  (nh-dn-)
n.
The absence of pleasure or the ability to experience it.

[New Latin anhdonia : Greek an-, without; see a-1 + Greek hdon, pleasure; see swd- in Indo-European roots.]

anhe·donic (-dnk) adj.
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Noun1.anhedonia - an inability to experience pleasure
mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state - (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic; "a manic state"


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Anhedonic as ever, Michaux began his hallucinogenic experiments in 1954 in anything but the spirit of what we now call "recreational.
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