Устаревшее представление, которое относится к 19 веку (с)

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She wears black for forty years. These days, there is most likely a name for that sort of thing. Something like: Excessive Grief Syndrome (EGS). But in the late nineteenth century, with a few exeptions, most people were still prepared to call it love.

Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man