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melancholia

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

Summary

melancholia is a mental disorder[1]. melancholia draws 2,744 Wikipedia views per month (mental_disorder category, ranking #10 of 60).[2]

Key Facts

  • melancholia's instance of is recorded as mental disorder[3].
  • melancholia is a type of major depressive disorder[4].
  • melancholia is part of psychological terminology[5].
  • melancholia's Commons category is recorded as Melancholia[6].
  • melancholia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Melancholia[7].
  • melancholia's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8].
  • melancholia's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • melancholia's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 296.90[10].
  • melancholia's different from is recorded as melancholic[11].
  • melancholia's different from is recorded as melancholia[12].
  • melancholia's different from is recorded as Melancholia[13].

Why It Matters

melancholia draws 2,744 Wikipedia views per month (mental_disorder category, ranking #10 of 60).[2] melancholia has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] melancholia is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → mental disorder
    Part of → psychological terminology
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