mortido
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English
Etymology
From Latin mors (“death”), modeled after libido.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːdəʊ
Noun
mortido (uncountable)
- (psychology) The energy of the death instinct.
- 1957, Eric Berne, A Layman's Guide to Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis, New York: Simon and Schuster, page 49:
- One primitive need of mortido is to eliminate another human being, usually one of the same sex. Even among birds, fishes, and non-human mammals, this sexual distinction between the objects of libido and mortido can be seen.
Translations
the energy of the death instinct — see also the energy of the death instinct
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Further reading
- “mortido”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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