Definition of Thanatos

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death; son of Nyx.

Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Greek Deity

2. Noun. (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die.
Exact synonyms: Death Instinct, Death Wish
Category relationships: Analysis, Depth Psychology, Psychoanalysis
Generic synonyms: Impulse, Urge

Definition of Thanatos

1. Proper noun. (Greek god) Ancient Greek God of peaceful or natural death. ¹

2. Noun. (psychoanalysis) the (w death drive) in Freudian psychoanalysis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thanatos

1. an instinctual desire for death [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Thanatos

1. In psychoanalysis, the death principle, representing all instinctual tendencies toward senescence and death. See also entries under instinct. Compare: eros. Origin: G. Death (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thanatos

thanatology
thanatomania
thanatomimesis
thanatomimetic
thanatophidia
thanatophiles
thanatophobia
thanatophobic
thanatophoric
thanatophoric dwarfism
thanatophoric dysplasia
thanatopses
thanatopsis
thanatopsy
thanatos
thanatoses
thanatosis
thanatotic
thanatourism
thane
thanedom
thanedoms
thanehood
thanes
thaneship
thaneships
thang
thangka
thangkas

Literary usage of Thanatos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 93 by Harvard University (1898)
"THE Thanatos SCENE IN THE ALCESTIS. THE prologue of Euripides's Alcestis is in two parts, — a soliloquy of Apollo and a dialogue between Apollo and Death. ..."

2. A Hand-book of Mythology: Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens (1894)
"She is clothed in dark robes, wears a long veil, and is accompanied by the stars, which follow in her train. Thanatos (MORS) AND ..."

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