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manic-depressive

[man-ik-di-pres-iv] / ˈmæn ɪk dɪˈprɛs ɪv /


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“This causes people to be distracted by the manic-depressive nature of the stock instead of creating great products.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Much has changed since Tiberius and John Law and Jefferson Davis, but not the manic-depressive nature of speculative markets.

From The Wall Street Journal

I know only that my mother, while still in fourth grade, watched Tomoyo go through a manic-depressive episode.

From Seattle Times

Violaine was 10 at the time of that crash; her mother, subsequently hospitalized and diagnosed as manic-depressive, was 42.

From New York Times

Characterized by extreme shifts in mood, “manic-depressive illness” was officially recognized by the American Psychiatric Association in 1952.

From New York Times