death wish

See also: deathwish

English

Etymology

Calque of German Todeswunsch.

Noun

death wish (plural death wishes)

1. (psychology) A desire, especially subconscious, for the death of oneself or of someone else.
   • 2017 August 20, “The Observer view on Donald Trump’s presidency”, in The Observer‎^[1]:

     Does Trump suffer from some kind of political death wish? If so, we must hope his fall comes quickly. It is hard to think of any precedent for such a calamitous display of insensitivity, historical ignorance and uncomprehending political stupidity.

Translations

desire for the death of oneself or of someone else

• Arabic: تَمَنِي اَلْمَوْت m (tamanī l-mawt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 死願／死愿 (sǐyuàn)

• Danish: dødsønske n
• Dutch: doodswens (nl) m, doodsverlangen (nl) n
• Esperanto: mortodeziro
• Finnish: kuolemanhalu
• French: pulsion de mort (fr) f
• German: Todeswunsch (de) m
• Greek: ευχή θανάτου f (efchí thanátou)
• Hebrew: משאלת מוות (mish'alá mávet)
• Hungarian: halálvágy (hu)
• Italian: augurio di morte m
• Japanese: 死の願望 (しのがんぼう, shi-no ganbō), 自殺願望 (じさつがんぼう, jisatsu-ganbō)
• Polish: życzenie śmierci n
• Portuguese: pulsão de morte (pt) f
• Russian: жа́жда сме́рти f (žážda smérti)
• Spanish: pulsión de muerte f
• Swedish: dödslängtan c