English noun: Thanatos | |||
1. | Thanatos (person) (Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death; son of Nyx | ||
Instance hypernym | Greek deity | ||
Domain category | Greek mythology | ||
2. | Thanatos (motive) (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die | ||
Synonyms | death instinct, death wish | ||
Broader (hypernym) | impulse, urge | ||
Domain category | analysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis | ||