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includence

includence noun: the withdrawal of a person within a routine that they cannot escape, a forerunner of pathological melancholia.

Noun

includence (uncountable)

  1. The withdrawal of a person within a routine that they cannot escape, a forerunner of pathological melancholia.
    • Tellenbach himself explains the melancholic phenomena of includence in terms of the characteristics of the pre-melancholic personality that society explicitly sanctions and promotes.2008, Thomas Rütten, “Rufus’ Legacy in the Psychopathological Literature of the (Early) Modern Period”, in Peter E. Pormann, editor, On Melancholy: Rufus of Ephesus, →ISBN, page 248, n. 16
    • In this context two constellations emerge that characterize the pre-melancholic phase, namely includence and remanence, followed by the radical transformation of the self–world relation into despair.2017, Giovanni Stanghellini, Milena Mancini, The Therapeutic Interview in Mental Health: A Values-Based and Person Approach, →ISBN, page 139

Origin of includence

From German Inkludenz, a 1960s neologism coined by Hubertus Tellenbach, derived from Latin inclūdō (“confine, imprison”).

Questions about includence

What does includence mean?
Includence means the withdrawal of a person within a routine that they cannot escape, a forerunner of pathological melancholia.
What part of speech is includence?
Includence is a noun.

Words near includence in the dictionary

  1. include guard
  2. include guards
  3. include me out
  4. included
  5. includedness
  6. includence
  7. includer
  8. includers
  9. includes
  10. includest
  11. includeth

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