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nounpostnatal depression (plural postnatal depressions)
plural postnatal depressions · alternative post-natal depression
- human sciencesSynonym of postpartum depression.
Her loneliness is made much worse by post-natal depression and delusions – which are represented with scarily plausible simplicity.
2021 July 11, Peter Bradshaw, “Three Floors review – Nanni Moretti melodrama lacks profundity”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: postpartum depression
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nounSynonym of postpartum depression.
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postnatal depression. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postnatal%20depression
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“postnatal depression.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postnatal%20depression. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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