death wish

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [deth wish]
- /dɛθ wɪʃ/
- /deθ wɪʃ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [deth wish]
- /dɛθ wɪʃ/

Definitions of death wish words

singular noun death wish A death wish is a conscious or unconscious desire to die or be killed. 3
noun death wish (in Freudian psychology) the desire for self-annihilation 3
noun death wish a conscious or unconscious desire for the death of another or for one's own death 3
noun death wish desire for one's own death or for the death of another. 1
noun death wish Psychiatry. a suicidal desire, manifested by passivity, withdrawal, and absorption in nihilistic thoughts, that may eventually lead to suicidal behavior. 1
noun death wish psychiatry: desire to die 1

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Origin of death wish

First appearance:

before 1910

One of the 15% newest English words

First recorded in 1910-15

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Parts of speech for Death wish

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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death wish popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for death wish

noun death wish

pessimism — the tendency to see, anticipate, or emphasize only bad or undesirable outcomes, results, conditions, problems, etc.: His pessimism about the future of our country depresses me.
death instinct — the destructive or aggressive instinct, based on a compulsion to return to an earlier harmonious state and, ultimately, to nonexistence
gloom and doom — an account or prediction of adversity, especially in economic or business affairs; bad news: a trade journal full of gloom and doom about next year's trends.

All 3 Synonyms of death wish