Thanatos
pronunciation
How to pronounce Thanatos in British English:
UK [ˈθænətɔs]
How to pronounce Thanatos in American English:
US [ˈθænəˌtos]
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- Noun:
- (Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death; son of Nyx
Word Origin
- thanatos (n.)
- "death instinct," 1935, in Freudian psychology, from Greek thanatos "death" (see thanato-).
Example
- 1. A purgatory ruled by the god of death , thanatos .
- 2. Those of thanatos archetypal nature tend to be preoccupied with their appearance from a health standpoint .
- 3. Freud himself finally postulated two drives -- eros and thanatos -- and suggested that the aim of eros is " to establish unity . "
- 4. Spirits in the gede family , for example , are like a combination of eros and thanatos - embodying sex and death .