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Definition of Libido
1. Noun. (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire.
Generic synonyms: Concupiscence, Eros, Physical Attraction, Sexual Desire
Derivative terms: Libidinal, Libidinous
Definition of Libido
1. Noun. (context: common usage) Sexual urges or drives. ¹
2. Noun. (psychology) Drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Libido
1. the energy derived from instinctual biological drives [n -DOS]
Medical Definition of Libido
1. Sexual desire. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Libido
Literary usage of Libido
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theory of Psychoanalysis by Carl Gustav Jung (1915)
"CHAPTER III THE CONCEPTION OF libido Freud had already introduced the ...
In Freud's definition, the term " libido " appears as exclusively a sexual desire. ..."
2. A General introduction to psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud (1920)
"The full strength of the libido, as well as the entire resistance against it, is
concentrated in this relationship to the physician; so it is inevitable ..."
3. Sancti Aurelii Augustini Episcopi De Civitate Dei Libri XXII. by Augustinus, (1877)
"Quis enim facile dixerit, quid vocetur libido dominandi, quam tamen plurimum
valere in ... tamen, cum libido dicitur neque cuius rei libido sit additur, ..."
4. Nervous and mental disease monograph series (1915)
"CHAPTER III THE CONCEPTION OF libido Freud had already introduced the idea of
libido in his5 " Three Contributions to the Sexual Theory " in the following ..."
5. The New Psychology and Its Relation to Life by Arthur George Tansley (1920)
"PART III THE ENERGY OF THE MIND CHAPTER VI PSYCHIC ENERGY AND THE libido (INTEREST).
THE EQUILIBRIUM OF THE MIND JUST as we have to assume a mental ..."
6. A Practical Treatise on Disorders of the Sexual Function in the Male and Female by Max Hühner (1916)
"Misdirected libido. Inhibited libido. * Diagnosis. Prognosis. Treatment.
Impotence in the female. Definition. Etiology and pathology. Obstructive impotence. ..."
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