Definition of Melancholia. Meaning of Melancholia. Synonyms of Melancholia

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Definition of Melancholia

Melancholia
Melancholia Mel`an*cho"li*a, n. [L. See Melancholy.] (Med.) A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas.

Meaning of Melancholia from wikipedia

- Melancholia or melancholy (from Gr****: µέλαινα χολή melaina chole, meaning black bile) is a concept found throughout ancient, medieval, and premodern...
- Melancholia is a 2011 science fiction drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier and starring Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Kiefer Sutherland...
- Melanchólia is the ninth studio album by the Italian pop band Matia Bazar, released in 1985. "Dutchcharts.nl – Matia BazarMelanchólia" (in Dutch). Hung...
- Melancholia (Korean: 멜랑꼴리아; RR: Mellangkkollia) is a 2021 South Korean television series directed by Kim Sang-hyeob and starring Im Soo-jung and Lee Do-hyun...
- Mourning and Melancholia (German: Trauer und Melancholie) is a 1917 work of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. In this essay, Freud argues...
- Look up melancholia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikisource has original text related to this article: melancholia Melancholia was one of the four...
- Involutional melancholia or involutional depression is a traditional name for a supposed psychiatric disorder which was thought to affect mainly elderly...
- enigmatic and gloomy winged female figure thought to be a personification of melancholia – melancholy. Holding her head in her hand, she stares past the busy...
- Melancholy, original title Melancholia I, is a 1995 novel by the Norwegian writer Jon Fosse. It is about the Norwegian painter Lars Hertervig (1830–1902)...
- Melancholia is a 2008 Philippine black and white slow drama film shot, edited, composed, written, produced and directed by Lav Diaz. It won the Horizons...