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melancholia
[ mel-uhn-koh-lee-uh, -kohl-yuh ]
noun
- a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
- Psychiatry. endogenous depression.
melancholia
/ ˌɛəˈəʊɪə /
noun
- a former name for depression
Derived Forms
- ˌˈDZˌ, adjectivenoun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of melancholia1
Example Sentences
Whilst also being silly, and people are being blown out of buildings, it has that texture of melancholia and loneliness underneath it.
He has such a sparkle in his eye, and a joyful face, but he had a lot of melancholia.
And people looking for a dose of introspective melancholia at the end of the festival will have to choose between The National on the Other Stage, and James Blake, who plays in the Woodsies tent.
As they await a ruling, he said, “there’s a feeling of melancholia mixed with solidarity.”
“McBride mixes American history with speculative fiction to dissect melancholia and political anxiety for young people who are living through uncertain times — in the future and today,” wrote the judges.
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