thanatos (n.)

"death instinct," 1935, in Freudian psychology, from Greek thanatos "death" (see thanato-).

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before vowels thanat-, word-forming element meaning "death," from Greek thanatos "death," from PIE *dhwene- "to disappear, die," perhaps from a root meaning "dark, cloudy" (compare Sanskrit dhvantah "dark"). Hence Bryant's "Thanatopsis", with Greek opsis "a sight, view."

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Thanatos (n.)

(Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death; son of Nyx;

Thanatos (n.)

(psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die;

Synonyms: death instinct / death wish

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