# includence

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The withdrawal of a person within a routine that they cannot escape, a forerunner of pathological melancholia.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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