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death instinct
death instinctn. A primitive impulse for destruction, decay, and death, postulated by Sigmund Freud as coexisting with and opposing the life instinct. Also called Thanatos.death′ in`stinct n. 1. Psychoanal. an impulse to withdraw or destroy, working in opposition to forces urging survival and creation (life instinct). 2. suicidal tendency or inclination. [1915–20] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | death instinct - (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to diedeath wish, Thanatosdepth 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" |
death instinct
death instinct[′deth ‚in‚stinkt] (psychology) In psychoanalytic theory, the unconscious drive which leads the individual toward dissolution and death, and which coexists with the life instinct. death instinct
instinct [in´stinkt] a complex of unlearned responses characteristic of a species. adj., adj instinc´tive.death instinct Freud's concept of an unconscious drive toward dissolution and death, in opposition to the life instinct.herd instinct the instinct or urge to be one of a group and to conform to its standards of conduct and opinion.life instinct Freud's concept of all the constructive tendencies of the organism aimed at maintenance and perpetuation of the individual and species, in opposition to the death instinct.death in·stinctan instinct of living creatures toward self-destruction, death, or a return to the inorganic lifelessness from which they arose. Synonym(s): aggressive instinctdeath instinctn. A primitive impulse for destruction, decay, and death, postulated by Sigmund Freud as coexisting with and opposing the life instinct. Also called Thanatos.death in·stinct (deth in'stingkt) The instinct of all living creatures toward self-destruction, death, or a return to the inorganic lifelessness from which they arose. death instinct
Synonyms for death instinctnoun (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to dieSynonymsRelated Words- depth psychology
- psychoanalysis
- analysis
- impulse
- urge
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