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How to spell depression

Depression is spelled D-E-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N. The part people get wrong: double S.

What it means: A feeling of deep sadness or unhappiness.

In a sentence: The rain made the plants feel sad, like they were in a little depression. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double s, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: depressed, depressive, depressing, antidepressant, depression-like. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Depression” comes from the Latin verb *deprimere*, meaning “to press down.” It first described physical sinking or lowering, and later became a metaphor for being emotionally “pressed down” or “low in mood.”

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