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Definition of death instinct in English: death instinctnoun Psychoanalysis An innate desire for self-annihilation, proposed by certain psychologists. Compare with life instinct Example sentencesExamples - The conflict between libido and ego-instincts becomes a conflict between eros and the death instinct.
- Segal describes a psychic pain involving the expression of the death instinct.
- Conversely, the death instinct originates with the birth of the human being and is an integral part of development, as has been pointed out by Freud and Klein.
- So it's suddenly obvious why Freud might want to connect repetition with that utterly final peacemaker, the death instinct.
- Freud considered that aggression was derived from the death instinct being redirected towards the external world.
Definition of death instinct in US English: death instinctnoun Psychoanalysis An innate desire for self-annihilation, thought to be manifest in the conservative and regressive tendency of the psyche to reduce tension. Compare with life instinct Example sentencesExamples - So it's suddenly obvious why Freud might want to connect repetition with that utterly final peacemaker, the death instinct.
- Segal describes a psychic pain involving the expression of the death instinct.
- The conflict between libido and ego-instincts becomes a conflict between eros and the death instinct.
- Conversely, the death instinct originates with the birth of the human being and is an integral part of development, as has been pointed out by Freud and Klein.
- Freud considered that aggression was derived from the death instinct being redirected towards the external world.
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