Death Instinct Definition
noun
A primitive impulse for destruction, decay, and death, postulated by Sigmund Freud as coexisting with and opposing the life instinct.
American Heritage Medicine
The destructive or aggressive instinct, based on a compulsion to return to an earlier harmonious state and, ultimately, to nonexistence.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Death Instinct
Noun
Singular:
death instinct
Plural:
death instincts
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