Definition of Dejection

1. Noun. A state of melancholy depression.

Generic synonyms: Depression
Derivative terms: Deject

2. Noun. Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels.

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

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dejection

1. 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) 5. The discharge of excrement. Faeces; excrement. Origin: L. Dejectio a casting down: cf. F. Dejection. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dejection

deixis
deixises
deja voulu
deja vu
deja vu phenomenon
deja vus
deject
dejected
dejectedly
dejectedness
dejectednesses
dejecter
dejecters
dejecting
dejections
dejectly
dejectory
dejects
dejectures
dejeration
dejerations
dejeune
dejeuner
dejeuners
dejeunes
dejitterizer
dejitterizers

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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