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thanatotic

thanatotic adjective: of or pertaining to Thanatos, the death drive in Freudian psychoanalysis.

Adjective

thanatotic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Thanatos, the death drive in Freudian psychoanalysis.
    • They were staring with a drugged, thanatotic avidity at the loading bay.1980, Stephen King, The Mist, Viking Press
  2. Of or pertaining to thanatosis.
    • Eventually, faced with what appears to be an unpalatable corpse, the aggressor departs, and only then - on some occasions up to six hours after it first entered its thanatotic state - does the [possum rise].2001, Karl Shuker, The Hidden Powers of Animals: Uncovering the Secrets of Nature, Reader's Digest Association, page 125

Questions about thanatotic

What does thanatotic mean?
Thanatotic means of or pertaining to Thanatos, the death drive in Freudian psychoanalysis.
What part of speech is thanatotic?
Thanatotic is an adjective.

Words near thanatotic in the dictionary

  1. thanatopses
  2. thanatopsis
  3. Thanatos
  4. thanatoses
  5. thanatosis
  6. thanatotic
  7. thanatourism
  8. thandai
  9. thandar
  10. thandars
  11. Thandwe

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