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Meaning of melancolía



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

melancolía
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The word is of Greek origin and means black bile, the worst mood. It is a state of mind that reflects sadness and disinterest. It is usually transient. Dejection, murria, depression. 2011 film name, directed by Lars von Trier and starring Kirsten Dunst. In Greek mythology she was personified by Ezis (Anguish, Misery, Sorrow).

  



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furoya

Sad mood, with longing. It is a term that is also used in psychology, but its origin is in Hippocratic medicine where it is one of the four humors produced by the supposed 956; 949; 955; 945; 962; ( melas "black" ) 967; 959; 955; 951; (cholé "bile"), which Latin took as melancholia.

  

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Emilia

Melancholy is one of the characteristics of the human being understood as you feel and live their experience: grief, sadness, lack of energy, boredom, anxiety and physical phenomena like crying. Specific headaches, feeling of unease

  










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