Translations for melancholia in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

melancholia [Brit ˌmɛlənˈkəʊlɪə, Am ˌmɛlənˈkoʊliə, ˌmɛlənˈkɑliə] N

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He also lauded its critical content and called it a masterwork of ghetto melancholia and stark political gravitas. en.wikipedia.org

The bands play with very slow tempos and melodic tones, creating an atmosphere of darkness and melancholia. en.wikipedia.org

Burton wrote in the 16th century that music and dance were critical in treating mental illness, especially melancholia. en.wikipedia.org

Suffering from acute melancholia, he was soon again hospitalized. en.wikipedia.org

It has come to denote a sense of failure in life, lack of initiative and tendency to retreat into oneself, symptoms quite similar to melancholia. en.wikipedia.org

West was given a great variety of diagnoses including melancholia, severe obsessive neurosis, and schizophrenia. en.wikipedia.org

He described melancholia (depression) as a type of mood disorder in which the person may become suspicious and develop certain types of phobias. en.wikipedia.org

He was diagnosed as having melancholia, now referred to as depression. en.wikipedia.org

Intervals of dogged literary effort alternated with lapses into melancholia. en.wikipedia.org

She distanced herself during her husband's presidency, wrapped in melancholia after losing every one of her young children. en.wikipedia.org

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