ALL meanings of death instinct
death in·stinct
D d - noun death instinct the destructive or aggressive instinct, based on a compulsion to return to an earlier harmonious state and, ultimately, to nonexistence 3
- noun death instinct suicidal tendency or inclination; predisposition to self-destruction. 1
- noun death instinct Psychoanalysis. an impulse to withdraw or destroy, working in opposition to forces urging survival and creation (life instinct) 1