Meanings
plural affective disorders
- human sciencesAny of various disorders characterised by disturbance in an individual's mood.
Synonyms: mood disorder
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of various disorders characterised by disturbance in an individual's mood.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan trastorn afectiu
- trastorn afectiudisorder
Chinese Mandarin 情緒障礙 /情绪障碍
- 情緒障礙 /情绪障碍disorder
Dutch stemmingsstoornis
- stemmingsstoornisdisorder
Finnish mielialahäiriö, affektiivinen häiriö
- mielialahäiriödisorder
- affektiivinen häiriödisorder
- affektihäiriödisorder
French trouble de l'humeur
- trouble de l'humeurdisorder
Portuguese transtorno afetivo
- transtorno afetivodisorder
Cite this entry
affective disorder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affective%20disorder
“affective disorder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affective%20disorder. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “affective disorder,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affective%20disorder.
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