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单词 thanatos
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Thanatos


Than·a·tos

T0141800 (thăn′ə-tōs′)n.1. Death as a personification or as a philosophical notion.2. See death instinct.
[Greek.]
than′a·tot′ic (-tŏt′ĭk) adj.

Thanatos

(ˈθænəˌtɒs) n1. (Classical Myth & Legend) the Greek personification of death: son of Nyx, goddess of night. Roman counterpart: Mors 2. (Psychoanalysis) the name chosen by Freud to represent a universal death instinct. Compare Eros2 Thanatotic adj

Than•a•tos

(ˈθæn əˌtɒs, -toʊs)

n. 1. (among the ancient Greeks) a personification of death. 2. Psychoanal. (usu. l.c.) the death instinct, esp. as expressed in violent aggression. Than`a•tot′ic (-ˈtɒt ɪk) adj.
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Noun1.Thanatos - (Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death; son of NyxGreek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
2.Thanatos - (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to diedeath instinct, death wishdepth psychology, psychoanalysis, analysis - a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis"impulse, urge - an instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses"
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Thanatos


Thanatos

the death instinct in FREUD's theory of personality. Thanatos involves all instincts which are destructive, such as aggression. It is the opposite of EROS, the life instinct.

Thanatos

(Mors) god of death; brother of Somnos (sleep). [Gk. Myth.: Gayley, 54]See: Death

thanatos


than·a·tos

(than'ă-tos), In psychoanalysis, the death principle, representing all instinctual tendencies toward senescence and death. See also entries under instinct Compare: eros. [G. death]
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Thanatos


  • noun

Synonyms for Thanatos

noun (Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death

Related Words

  • Greek mythology

noun (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die

Synonyms

  • death instinct
  • death wish

Related Words

  • depth psychology
  • psychoanalysis
  • analysis
  • impulse
  • urge
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