death wish (redirected from death wishes)

death wish

n.

1. Psychiatry

a. A desire for self-destruction, often accompanied by feelings of depression, hopelessness, and self-reproach.

b. The desire, often unconscious, for the death of another person, such as a parent, toward whom one has unconscious hostility.

2. A suicidal urge thought to drive certain people to put themselves consistently into dangerous situations.

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[Translation of German Todeswunsch.]

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death wish

n

(Psychology) (in Freudian psychology) the desire for self-annihilation See also Thanatos

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

death wish - (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die death instinct, Thanatos depth psychology, psychoanalysis, analysis - a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis" impulse, urge - an instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses"

Translations

death wish n → desiderio di morte

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death wish n → desiderio di morte