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manic-depressive

British pronunciation/mˈanɪkdɪpɹˈɛsɪv/
American pronunciation/mˈænɪkdɪpɹˈɛsɪv/
Manic-depressive
[NOUN]
1

a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness

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manic-depressive
[ADJECTIVE]
1

relating to or suffering from bipolar disorder

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Examples
1Bipolar disorder, also called manic-depressive disorder is a mental illness characterized by extreme mood swings.
2Worsening his manic-depressive episodes was the public’s negative personification of the financier, portraying him as a greedy businessman.
3In 1980, the Third Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders was published, and manic-depressive insanity was split into bipolar disorder and unipolar depression.
4His moods followed a manic-depressive pattern, fluctuating between euphoria that Germany was about to crush the Allies and despair that all was lost.
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