"death drive" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: death drives [plural]
Etymology: Calque of German Todestrieb. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|de|Todestrieb}} Calque of German Todestrieb Head templates: {{en-noun}} death drive (plural death drives)
  1. (psychoanalysis) The drive toward death and self-destruction. Categories (topical): Psychoanalysis Synonyms: death instinct, Thanatos
    Sense id: en-death_drive-en-noun-yoMsRnpk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychoanalysis, psychology, sciences

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