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View synonyms for death instinct

death instinct

noun

  1. suicidal tendency or inclination; predisposition to self-destruction.
  2. Psychoanalysis. an impulse to withdraw or destroy, working in opposition to forces urging survival and creation life instinct.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of death instinct1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences

Next week, when his own new book, The Death Instinct, comes out, he may find that it serves him to speak.

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