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 | ||