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Definition of Thanatos
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death; son of Nyx.
2. Noun. (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die.
Category relationships: Analysis, Depth Psychology, Psychoanalysis
Generic synonyms: Impulse, Urge
Definition of Thanatos
1. Proper noun. (Greek god) Ancient Greek God of peaceful or natural death. ¹
2. Noun. (psychoanalysis) the (w death drive) in Freudian psychoanalysis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thanatos
1. an instinctual desire for death [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Thanatos
1. In psychoanalysis, the death principle, representing all instinctual tendencies toward senescence and death. See also entries under instinct. Compare: eros. Origin: G. Death (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thanatos
Literary usage of Thanatos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 93 by Harvard University (1898)
"THE thanatos SCENE IN THE ALCESTIS. THE prologue of Euripides's Alcestis is in
two parts, — a soliloquy of Apollo and a dialogue between Apollo and Death. ..."
2. A Hand-book of Mythology: Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens (1894)
"She is clothed in dark robes, wears a long veil, and is accompanied by the stars,
which follow in her train. thanatos (MORS) AND ..."
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