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death instinct — n an innate and unconscious tendency toward self destruction postulated in psychoanalytic theory to explain aggressive and destructive behavior not satisfactorily explained by the pleasure principle called also Thanatos compare EROS * * * Freud s … Medical dictionary
death instinct — n. Psychoanalysis the destructive or aggressive instinct, based on a compulsion to return to an earlier harmonious state and, ultimately, to nonexistence … English World dictionary
death instinct — death′ in stinct n. 1) psi Psychoanal. an impulse to withdraw or destroy, working in opposition to forces urging survival and creation (life instinct). 2) suicidal tendency or inclination • Etymology: 1915–20 … From formal English to slang
death instinct — 1. suicidal tendency or inclination; predisposition to self destruction. 2. Psychoanal. an impulse to withdraw or destroy, working in opposition to forces urging survival and creation (life instinct). [1915 20] * * * … Universalium
death instinct — noun (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die • Syn: ↑death wish, ↑Thanatos • Topics: ↑psychoanalysis, ↑analysis, ↑depth psychology • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Instinct — is the inherent disposition of a living organism toward a particular behavior. Instincts are unlearned, inherited fixed action patterns of responses or reactions to certain kinds of stimuli. Examples of instinctual fixed action patterns can be… … Wikipedia
instinct — [in′stiŋkt΄; ] for adj. [ in stiŋkt′, in′stiŋkt΄] n. [< L instinctus, pp. of instinguere, to impel, instigate < in , in + * stinguere, to prick: for IE base see STICK] 1. (an) inborn tendency to behave in a way characteristic of a species;… … English World dictionary
Death drive — Part of a series of articles on Psychoanalysis … Wikipedia
death — by Bruce Baugh Death is many things: a state of affairs, when a body s parts, through external causes, enter into a relation that is incompatible with that body s continued existence; an impersonal event of dying, expressed through an… … The Deleuze dictionary
death — by Bruce Baugh Death is many things: a state of affairs, when a body s parts, through external causes, enter into a relation that is incompatible with that body s continued existence; an impersonal event of dying, expressed through an… … The Deleuze dictionary
