manic-depressive

Speech parts

1. manic-depressive - Noun

2. manic-depressive - Adjective

3. manic-depressive - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness

suffering from a disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression

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manic depressive

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Examples

Remember that the stock market is manic-depressive. Warren Buffett

What I cannot follow are the manic-depressive fluctuations from total control to no control, from the serialization of all elements to chance. Igor Stravinsky

My biography of Frank Sinatra is not paean to his music but rather an illumination of the man behind the music, who once described himself as 'an 18-karat manic-depressive who lived a life of violent emotional contradictions with an over-acute capacity for sadness as well as happiness. Kitty Kelley

If you are an outsider looking at India, learn to filter out both the irrational exuberance and the excessive pessimism. We're subject to both. You will become manic-depressive if you follow our moods. Raghuram Rajan

I have had manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder, since I was 18 years old. It is an illness that ensures that those who have it will experience a frightening, chaotic and emotional ride. It is not a gentle or easy disease. Kay Redfield Jamison

The point about manic depression or bipolar disorder, as it's now more commonly called, is that it's about mood swings. So, you have an elevated mood. When people think of manic depression, they only hear the word depression. They think one's a depressive. The point is, one's a manic-depressive. Stephen Fry

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