English Explanatory Dictionary

death of despair

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Death resulting from a disease of despair.

Word forms

death of despair deaths of despair

Etymology

Popularized by the economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton in the context of their analysis of US capitalism.

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