melancholia
/ˌmɛlənˈkoʊliə/
noun
- A deep, long-lasting sadness or depression, often without a clear cause.
- The artist's paintings often reflected a quiet melancholia.
- After the long winter, she felt a sense of melancholia that wouldn't lift.
- He was diagnosed with melancholia and began therapy.
- A historical term for a type of mental illness characterized by extreme sadness and hopelessness, now usually called depression.
- In the 19th century, melancholia was often treated with rest and fresh air.
- The patient's melancholia was so severe that he could not get out of bed.
- Doctors in the past used the word melancholia to describe what we now call clinical depression.
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