- death wish
- noun(psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die• Syn: ↑death instinct, ↑Thanatos• Topics: ↑psychoanalysis, ↑analysis, ↑depth psychology
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noun: the conscious or unconscious desire for the death of another or of oneself* * *
1. desire for one's own death or for the death of another.2. Psychiatry. a suicidal desire, manifested by passivity, withdrawal, and absorption in nihilistic thoughts, that may eventually lead to suicidal behavior.[1910-15]* * *
death wish noun (psychology)A wish, conscious or unconscious, for death for oneself or another• • •Main Entry: ↑death* * *
death wish UK US noun [singular]a feeling of wanting to dieThesaurus: sadness and unhappinesssynonym* * *
death wish,(in Freudian psychology) a wish, either conscious or unconscious, for one's own or someone else's death: »His hero is a writer whose nature is destructive; at the beginning, we see him with a pronounced death wish which he seems to conquer as he becomes a successful playwright (Malcolm Bradbury).
╂[translation of German Todeswunsch]* * *
n. a desire for someone's death, esp. an unconscious desire for one's own death. Compare with death instinct* * *
noun [singular]: a desire to dieHave you seen the way she drives? She must have a death wish.
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a desire to die, often that sb is not aware of•
The number of accidents she gets into, you'd think she had a death wish.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.