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Melancholia meaning

  1. Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy
  2. depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy

Synonyms of Melancholia

depression

Related words

Other words often associated with Melancholia or its synonyms:

unhappiness formation slump sadness elation

Using Melancholia

  • The main meaning on this page is: Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy | depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy
  • Useful related words include: depression.
  • In the example corpus, melancholia often appears in combinations such as: of melancholia, melancholia was.

Context around Melancholia

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

rock 1× normal 1× psychotic 1× portraying 1×

Often after:

schumann 1× 2011 1× depression 1×

Sentence patterns with Melancholia

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

1989 as melancholia depression given 1× as portraying melancholia as the 1× aspects of melancholia and its 1× country rock melancholia 1× died of melancholia 1× displays the melancholia that was 1× melancholia was described 1× millennia normal melancholia was treated 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

contrasting the process 1× diagnosed with psychotic 1× dowland s music 1× for millennia normal 1× hippocrates in his 1× in her playshe 1×

Common sentence endings:

4th centuries bc 1× a depressive affliction 1× country rock melancholia 1× depression and hysteria 1× died of melancholia 1× his mental illness 1×

Words around Melancholia

Just before it in the word index:

melanau 2 melanated 2 melampus 3 melamine 7 melamed 8 melam 4

Just after it in the word index:

melancholic 53 melancholy 184 melanchra 2 melanchthon 47 melancon 11 melancthon 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 14 aamer 14 aave 14 abadan 14 abdelmadjid 14 abdulkarim 14

Corpus analysis for Melancholia

  • In this selection, "melancholia" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, rock, normal, psychotic, schumann, 2011 and depression stand out and add context to how "melancholia" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 1989 as melancholia depression given and as portraying melancholia as the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "melancholia" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with melancholia

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

For millennia, normal melancholia was treated as just that—normal. (10 words)

Dowland's music often displays the melancholia that was so fashionable in music at that time. (16 words)

Diagnosed with "psychotic melancholia ", Schumann died two years later in 1856 without having recovered from his mental illness. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

Contrasting the process of “normal” mourning to the pathological state, Freud intended this treatise to be recognized for its important focus on the complicated aspects of melancholia and its relationship to his earlier studies on depression and hysteria. (38 words)

In her playshe traces the effects of this founding document on generations of women, including many in her family—starting with her great-great-grandmother, a mail-order bride from Germany who died of melancholia. (35 words)

This continued identification with the mother may result in what Kristeva refers to in Black Sun (1989) as melancholia ( depression ), given that female children simultaneously reject and identify with the mother figure. (32 words)

Example sentences (11)

The end result doesn’t stray too far from his recognizable National aesthetic, yet it also leans a tad more toward humble country rock melancholia.

For millennia, normal melancholia was treated as just that—normal.

In her playshe traces the effects of this founding document on generations of women, including many in her family—starting with her great-great-grandmother, a mail-order bride from Germany who died of melancholia.

Contrasting the process of “normal” mourning to the pathological state, Freud intended this treatise to be recognized for its important focus on the complicated aspects of melancholia and its relationship to his earlier studies on depression and hysteria.

Diagnosed with "psychotic melancholia ", Schumann died two years later in 1856 without having recovered from his mental illness.

Dowland's music often displays the melancholia that was so fashionable in music at that time.

Hippocrates, in his Aphorisms, characterized all "fears and despondencies, if they last a long time" as being symptomatic of melancholia.

Melancholia was described as a distinct disease with particular mental and physical symptoms in the 5th and 4th centuries BC.

She won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the Saturn Award for Best Actress for her performance in Lars von Trier 's Melancholia (2011).

This continued identification with the mother may result in what Kristeva refers to in Black Sun (1989) as melancholia ( depression ), given that female children simultaneously reject and identify with the mother figure.

This engraving has been interpreted as portraying melancholia as the state of waiting for inspiration to strike, and not necessarily as a depressive affliction.

Common combinations with melancholia

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "melancholia" in a sentence?
An example: "The end result doesn’t stray too far from his recognizable National aesthetic, yet it also leans a tad more toward humble country rock melancholia." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "melancholia" from authentic English texts.
What does "melancholia" mean?
Melancholia means: Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy
What are synonyms of "melancholia"?
Common synonyms of "melancholia" include: depression.
How many example sentences with "melancholia" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "melancholia", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.