libidinal
pronunciation
How to pronounce libidinal in British English:
UK [lɪ'bɪdənl]
How to pronounce libidinal in American English:
US [lɪ'bɪdənəl]
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- Adjective:
- belonging to the libido
Word Origin
- libidinal (adj.)
- 1922, in psychology jargon, from libido (Latin genitive libidinis) + -al (1).
Example
- 1. My own dad has lost total libidinal control .
- 2. We say that the assemblage is fundamentally libidinal and unconscious .
- 3. The fundamentality that analyses meaning and desire by libidinal economy is qualitative .
- 4. That is why the wolf-man feels so fatigued : he 's left lying there with all his wolves in his throat , all those little holes on his nose , and all those libidinal values on his body without organs .