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thanatos
noun(Than-a-tos)
death instinct
thanatos
noun(Than-a-tos)
an innate and unconscious tendency toward self-destruction postulated in psychoanalytic theory to explain aggressive and destructive behavior not satisfactorily explained by the pleasure principle —called also Thanatos

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