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   melancholia

   /ˌmɛlənˈkəʊlɪə/

   noun

   • 1. a feeling of deep sadness; melancholy: "the haunting melancholia that dominates the album"
   • ▪ severe depression: "he was treated for melancholia and insomnia"

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting black bile): from late Latin (see melancholy).

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   What does melancholia mean?

   • Melancholia [is] also translated as "lugubriousness," "moroseness," or "wistfulness". ^ "Definition of Moroseness". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 2022-12-07. ^ "Definition of Wistfulness". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved December 7, 2022. ^ a b "Definition of Saturnine". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved December 7, 2022.

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   What does melancholy mean?

   • Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of MELANCHOLY is depression of spirits : dejection. How to use melancholy in a sentence.

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   What does Melancolia mean?

   • Melancolia means: 1. the condition of feeling unhappy or sad for no obvious reason 2. the condition of feeling… Learn more about the meaning of Melancolia at the Cambridge Dictionary.

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   Is melancholia a medical diagnosis?

   • For the purposes of medical diagnostic classification, the terms "melancholia" and "melancholic" are still in use (for example, in ICD-11 and DSM-5) to specify certain features that may be present in major depression, referred to as depression with melancholic features such as:

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   Melancholia or melancholy (from Greek: µέλαινα χολή melaina chole, [1] meaning black bile) [2] is a concept found throughout ancient, medieval, and premodern medicine in Europe that describes a condition characterized by markedly depressed mood, bodily complaints, and sometimes hallucinations and delusions.

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   MELANCHOLIA definition: 1. the condition of feeling unhappy or sad for no obvious reason 2. the condition of feeling…. Learn more.

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   severe depression characterized especially by profound sadness and despair; a sad quality or mood : melancholy… See the full definition

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   : suggestive or expressive of sadness or depression of mind or spirit. sang in a melancholy voice.

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   Melancholia is a name for a serious, diagnosable mental illness, but it can also mean more of a philosophical or aesthetic idea. You can call severe depression that requires a doctor's care melancholia.

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   a condition of the mind characterized by depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings. 2. Psychiatry See endogenous depression. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.

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    Melancholia, formerly the psychological condition known as depression. The term now refers to extreme features of depression, especially the failure to take pleasure in