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melancholia

[mel-uhn-koh-lee-uh, -kohl-yuh] / ˌmɛl ənˈkoʊ li ə, -ˈkoʊl jə /


NOUN
seasonal affective disorder
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But he added, acidly: “there was little about melancholia that he didn’t know; there was little else that he did.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

And people looking for a dose of introspective melancholia at the end of the festival will have to choose between The National on the Other Stage, and James Blake, who plays in the Woodsies tent.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2024

“McBride mixes American history with speculative fiction to dissect melancholia and political anxiety for young people who are living through uncertain times — in the future and today,” wrote the judges.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 20, 2024

The show’s title, “Black Sun,” comes from the title of the philosopher Julia Kristeva’s 1987 volume on melancholia.

From New York Times Jun. 23, 2023

Still, settings like this had always been for other people, not me, and I fought back some ancient fear and melancholia.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz




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