prosternation

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noun

dejection; depression

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Meanings

nounprosternation (plural prosternations)

plural prosternations

  1. obsoletedejection; depression

    a Prosternation of Spirit

    1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC

    Synonyms: melancholy, misery, blueness, tristesse, mirthlessness, blues, crestfallenness, dejection

Synonyms & antonyms

noundejection; depression

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Also see
sadness

Origin

French. See prostration.

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APA

prosternation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosternation

MLA

“prosternation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosternation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prosternation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosternation.

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