Nov 11,  · As a drama, Melancholia often goes over the top, most notably in its super slow-mo prologue. It also includes little moments of welcome, albeit misplaced, humor. As science fiction, it's obscure and inert; the threatening planet is little more than a vague theory and a convenient plot device.3/5.

Melancholia is a particular depression Depression, in psychology, a mood or emotional state that is marked by feelings of low self-worth or guilt and a reduced ability to enjoy life.

Nov 11,  · Melancholia is his latest pile of undiluted drivel, nauseatingly filmed by a wonky hand-held camera and featuring a crazy, mismatched ensemble headed by Kirsten Dunst, who won an acting award in Cannes last year for looking totally catatonic%(40).

melancholy: [noun] an abnormal state attributed to an excess of black bile and characterized by irascibility or depression. black bile. melancholia.

Mar 21,  · The term "melancholia" is one of the oldest terms used in psychology. It has been around since Hippocrates introduced it in the fifth century B.C., and it means "black bile" in Greek. The translation is fitting because Hippocrates believed that an excess of black bile, one of what he labeled "The Four ​Humours," caused melancholia.

Melancholia contrasts to prolonged mourning (melancholy); Freud viewed melancholia as an impoverishment of the ego as there is an internal loss, while in mourning the loss is external. Because of the internal loss, the melancholic ego appears empty and has a shattered self-esteem, due to reproach and attack from the superego.

Definition of melancholia 1: severe depression characterized especially by profound sadness and despair Tense, irritable, I crashed into a fit of melancholia and .

noun a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.

Melanchólia (gr.) je depresívna nálada spojená s nutkavými predstavami, pocitmi strachu, viny, prípadne preludmi, nedá sa psychologickým pôsobením zmeniť, trvá dlho, mesiace i dlhšie; v poslednom čase sa častejšie používa termín depresia. V osvietenstve bola považovaná za duševnú chorobu.