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A desire, especially subconscious, for the death of oneself or of someone else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: often, sarcastic
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
(psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: death instinct, Thanatos
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: urge, impulse
From death + wish. Calque of German Todeswunsch.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَمَنِي اَلْمَوْت
(tamanī l-mawt)
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
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Chinese Mandarin:
死願 /死愿
(sǐyuàn)
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
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Chinese Mandarin:
找死
(zhǎosǐ)
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
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Danish:
dødsønske
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
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Dutch:
doodswens
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
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Dutch:
doodsverlangen
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
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Esperanto:
mortodeziro
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
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Finnish:
kuolemanhalu
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
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French:
pulsion de mort
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
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German:
Todeswunsch
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
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Greek:
ευχή θανάτου
(efchí thanátou)
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
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Hebrew:
משאלת מוות
(mish'alá mávet)
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
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Hungarian:
halálvágy
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
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Italian:
augurio di morte
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
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Japanese:
死の願望
(shi-no ganbō)
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
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Japanese:
自殺願望
(jisatsu-ganbō)
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
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Polish:
życzenie śmierci
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
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Portuguese:
pulsão de morte
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
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Russian:
жа́жда сме́рти
(žážda smérti)
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
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Spanish:
pulsión de muerte
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
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Swedish:
dödslängtan
— desire for the death of oneself or of someone else
