mortido

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From Latin mors (death), modeled after libido.

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mortido (uncountable)

  1. (psychology) The energy of the death instinct.
    Synonym: destrudo
    Antonym: libido
    • 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.

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