mortido

English

Etymology

From Latin mors (“death”), modeled after libido.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -iːdəʊ

Noun

mortido (uncountable)

(psychology) The energy of the death instinct.
Synonym: destrudo

Antonym: libido
- 1957, Eric Berne, A Layman's Guide to Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis, New York: Simon and Schuster, page 49:
  One primitive need of mortido is to eliminate another human being, usually one of the same sex. Even among birds, fishes, and non-human mammals, this sexual distinction between the objects of libido and mortido can be seen.

Translations

the energy of the death instinct — see also the energy of the death instinct

Russian: морти́до n (mortído)

Further reading

“mortido”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
mortido on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

midroot

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