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melancholia

cultural and philosophical concept describing a state of mood or temperament
MedicalCondition mental_disorder Q192077
melancholia
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Summary

melancholia is a mental disorder[1]. melancholia draws 7,859 Wikipedia views per month (mental disorder category, ranking #10 of 60).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: major depressive disorder[3]
  • Part of: psychological terminology[4]
  • Commons category: Melancholia[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Melancholia[6]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8]
  • ICD-9-CM: 296.90[9]
  • Different from: melancholic[10], melancholia[11]

Why It Matters

melancholia has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] melancholia is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0243008-melancholie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0243008-melancholie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → mental disorder
    Part of → psychological terminology
    Part of → —
    Instance of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007563006405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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