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Meanings of death instinct in English

Spanish
instinto de muerte

(Psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die.

        instinto de muerte
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        Examples for "death wish"
        Examples for "death wish"
        1
        Definitely a food for someone with a bit of a death wish.
        The Guardian
        2
        However, she rode the bike like a person with a death wish.
        No mercy
        3
        It's hard not to suspect the party has a built-in death wish.
        News.com.au
        4
        If he'd had a genuine death wish he'd be dead, wouldn't he?
        Bangkok 8
        5
        The eyes held a death wish for Quinn- amutualloathing, Quinn realized.
        By reason of insanity
        1
        By the time he thought to ask another question, Thanatos was gone.
        For Love Of Evil
        2
        When Thanatos changed, by assassinating the prior officeholder and taking his place.
        For Love Of Evil
        3
        Eros and Thanatos, all in one, dressed in tux and top hat.
        John Winchester’s Journal
        4
        Ares and Thanatos vaporized him with a double blast of godly wrath.
        Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
        5
        The labels remain unchanged-Eros, Logos, Thanatos-while the world undergoes drastic alterations.
        The Civilization of Illiteracy
        Usage of death instinct in English
        1
        The Death Instinct attempts to win Nirvana by destroying itself.
        The Demolished Man
        2
        The Life Instinct and Death Instinct have defused.
        The Demolished Man
        3
        The Life Instinct and the Death Instinct.
        The Demolished Man
        Translations for death instinct