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Definition of Dejection
1. Noun. A state of melancholy depression.
2. Noun. Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels.
Specialized synonyms: Dog Do, Dog Shit, Dog Turd, Doggy Do, Crap, Dirt, Poop, Shit, Shite, Turd, Droppings, Dung, Muck, Meconium, Melaena, Melena
Generic synonyms: Body Waste, Excrement, Excreta, Excretion, Excretory Product
Derivative terms: Fecal, Faecal, Stool
Definition of Dejection
1. n. A casting down; depression.
Definition of Dejection
1. Noun. a state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues ¹
2. Noun. The act of humbling or abasing oneself. ¹
3. Noun. A low condition; weakness; inability. ¹
4. Noun. (medicine archaic) Defecation or feces. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dejection
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Medical Definition of Dejection
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1. A casting down; depression.
2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. "Adoration implies submission and dejection." (Bp. Pearson)
3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. "What besides, Of sorrow, and dejection, and despair, Our frailty can sustain, thy tidings bring." (Milton)
4. A low condition; weakness; inability. "A dejection of appetite." (Arbuthnot)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dejection
Literary usage of Dejection
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chief Works of Benedict de Spinoza by Benedictus de Spinoza, Robert Harvey Monro Elwes (1891)
"Extreme pride or dejection indicates extreme ignorance of self. Proof. ...
Yet dejection can be more easily corrected than pride; for the latter being a ..."
2. The Chief Works of Benedict de Spinoza by Benedictus De Spinoza, Robert Harvey Monroe Elwes (1891)
"Extreme pride or dejection indicates extreme ignorance of self. Proof. ...
Yet dejection can be more easily corrected than pride ; for the latter being a ..."
3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the English Romantic School by Alois Brandl (1887)
"Dejection. Greta Hall—Decline of Poetic Inspiration—Mrs. Robinson—Domestic
Alienation—Southey at Greta—" Ode to Dejection "—Metaphysics— ..."
4. Line & Form by Walter Crane (1900)
"Bowed and bent lines tending downwards, on the other hand, convey the opposite
ideas of dejection and despair. This is illustrated in these figures of ..."
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