What does death instinct mean?

death instinct means "(psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die".

What is another word for death instinct?

Close synonyms include death wish, Thanatos. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is death instinct a common word?

death instinct is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

death instinct — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
(psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die
Synonymsdeath wish Thanatos
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What does death instinct mean?: death instinct means "(psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die".
What is another word for death instinct?: Close synonyms include death wish, Thanatos. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is death instinct a common word?

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