Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

death instinct

 
Dictionary: death instinct

n. Psychiatry
A primitive impulse for destruction, decay, and death, postulated by Sigmund Freud as coexisting with and opposing the life instinct. Also called Thanatos.


Search unanswered questions...
Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics
Medical Dictionary: death instinct
Top

n.

A primitive impulse for destruction, decay, and death, manifested by a turning away from pleasure, postulated by Sigmund Freud as coexisting with and opposing the life instinct. Also called Thanatos.

WordNet: death instinct
Top
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die
  Synonym: death wish


 
 
Learn More
Thanatos (Death)
Envy (psychoanalysis)
Ego Functions (psychoanalysis)

What instincts to tigers have? Read answer...
What instincts does a giraffe have? Read answer...
What instincts do raccoons have? Read answer...

Help us answer these
What is laughter and why is it an instinct?
What is the synonym of instinctively?
What is an instinct cycle?

Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:

 

Copyrights:

Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Medical Dictionary. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company Read more
WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.  Read more