depressogenic

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adjective

Causing or tending to cause depression.

“This study examines the causal relation between depressogenic schemata and depression.”

Opposite
antidepressant
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Meanings

adjectivedepressogenic (comparative more depressogenic, superlative most depressogenic)

comparative more depressogenic · superlative most depressogenic

  1. Causing or tending to cause depression.

    This study examines the causal relation between depressogenic schemata and depression.

noundepressogenic (plural depressogenics)

plural depressogenics

  1. Any material that causes depression.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
antidepressant

Origin

From depress + -o- + -genic.

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Cite this entry
APA

depressogenic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depressogenic

MLA

“depressogenic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depressogenic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depressogenic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depressogenic.

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