Thanatos

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Proper noun 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Usage notes 1.4.2 Antonyms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 References

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[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θάνατος (Thánatos)

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• IPA: /ˈθænəˌtos/

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Thanatos

Plural -

Thanatos

1. (Greek mythology) Ancient Greek God of peaceful or natural death.

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Thanatos (uncountable)

1. (psychoanalysis) the death drive in Freudian psychoanalysis.

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Freud did not use the term “Thanatos” – instead he used Todestrieb (“‘death drive’”) – and scholarly works refer to it as “death drive”, but the term “Thanatos” is commonly used in psychoanalysis, in duality with Eros, having been introduced there by Paul Federn.^[1]

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• (death drive): Eros (life drive)

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• Notes:

1. ^ Civilization and its discontents, Freud, translator James Strachey, 2005 edition, p. 18