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n. (context psychology English) A normal, non-depressed, reasonably positive mood; serenity
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Euthymia is a normal non- depressed, reasonably positive mood. It is distinguished from hyperthymia, which refers to an extremely happy mood, and dysthymia, which refers to a depressed mood. It is a term used frequently in mental status exams.
The term is also sometimes used referring to the neutral mood (absence of a depressive or manic cycle) that some people with bipolar disorder experience with varying frequency.
Euthymia can refer to:
- Euthymia (medicine)
- Euthymia (philosophy)
- Euphrosyne (mythology), a Greek goddess, who was also known as Euthymia
Euthymia (, "gladness, good mood, serenity", literally "good thumos"). Democritus used this term in ancient philosophy to refer to one of the root aspects of human life's goal.
Diogenes Laertius records Democritus' position as "The chief good he asserts to be cheerfulness (euthymia); which, however, he does not consider the same as pleasure; as some people, who have misunderstood him, have fancied that he meant; but he understands by cheerfulness, a condition according to which the soul lives calmly and steadily, being disturbed by no fear, or superstition, or other passion."
Usage examples of "euthymia".
All the physical perfections which Miss Lurida had missed had been united in Miss Euthymia Tower, whose school name was The Wonder.
Miss Euthymia was not behind the rest in her attainments in classical or mathematical knowledge, and she was one of the very best students in the out-door branches,--botany, mineralogy, sketching from nature,-- to be found among the scholars of the Institute.
There was an eight-oared boat rowed by a crew of the young ladies, of which Miss Euthymia was the captain and pulled the bow oar.
Among the graduates of the year were Miss Euthymia Tower and Miss Lurida Vincent, who had now returned to their homes in Arrowhead Village.
Her hand was bold, almost masculine, a curious contrast to that of Euthymia, which was delicately feminine.
When Miss Euthymia Tower sent her oar off in flashing splinters, as she pulled her last stroke in the boat-race, she did not know what a strain she was putting upon it.
On all common occasions Euthymia looked up to her friend as her superior.
She would lay out her ideas before Euthymia so fluently and eloquently that she could not help believing them herself, and feeling as if her friend must accept them with an enthusiasm like her own.
Then Euthymia would take them up with her sweet, deliberate accents, and bring her calmer judgment to bear on them.
The next morning, as the Interviewer took his seat on a bench outside his door, to smoke his after-breakfast cigar, a bright-looking and handsome youth, whose features recalled those of Euthymia so strikingly that one might feel pretty sure he was her brother, took a seat by his side.
Miss Vincent was thinking it over, but said nothing, even to Euthymia, of any projects she might entertain.
She left the paper with the doctor, telling him she would come for it the next day, and went off to tell the result of this visit to her bosom friend, Miss Euthymia Tower.
He had looked with admiration on the childish beauty of Euthymia, and had seen her grow up to womanhood, every year making her more attractive.
He knew that if anything was to be done with his self-willed young scholar and friend, it would be more easily effected through the medium of Euthymia than by direct advice to the young lady herself.
So the thoughtful doctor made up his mind to have a good talk with Euthymia, and put her on her guard, if Lurida showed any tendency to forget the conventionalities in her eager pursuit of knowledge.