melancholia

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Noun

melancholia

1. Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy.

   Synonyms: gloom, melancholy, sadness

2. (pathology) Clinical depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy.

Translations

• German: Melancholie, Schwermut

Related terms

• melancholy
• melancholic

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