death wishn.

Brit.

/ˈdɛθ wɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈdɛθ ˌwɪʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: death n., wish n.¹

Etymology: < death n. + wish n.¹, chiefly after German Todeswunsch, lit. ‘death's wish’ (1642 or earlier).

1. A conscious or unconscious desire for one's own death. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [noun] > wish for

death wish1856

1856 A. B. Evans Lect. Bk. of Job ii. 27 (heading) A death wish... You may be ready to say, ‘Job must have been..wicked..thus to have wished himself dead.’

1863 C. T. Brooks tr. J. P. F. Richter Titan II. xxiii. 143 He would so gladly have poured out his woe, his love, his death-wish before her in one mortal cry.

1896 L. Housman Green Arras 68 And I, at the death-wish then, Stood looking upon it all.

1937 ‘C. Caudwell’ Illusion & Reality 97 The same secret death-wishes are shown by these aristocrats if they turn revolutionary.

1947 Partisan Rev. 14 233 Even in America..the death-wish of the business community appears to go beyond the normal limits of political incompetence and geographical security.

1971 Ink 12 June 12/3 Death in Venice... An example of the death wish of the cinema—still, go to its funeral.

2006 Eating Behaviors 7 389 A higher frequency of death wishes and suicidal feelings in the bulimarexic group.

2. A conscious or unconscious desire for the death of another.

ΚΠ

1913 A. A. Brill tr. S. Freud Interpretation of Dreams v. 218 The death-wish towards parents is to be explained by reference to earliest childhood.

1929 P. Mairet tr. A. Adler Probl. Neurosis vi. 84 After having triumphed over him and having had the death-wish granted by fate, he remained still unsatisfied.

1966 C. C. Walcutt Man's Changing Mask (1968) iii. vii. 126 The young hero's Oedipal deathwish against his father.

1997 K. O'Riordan Boy in Moon ii. 36 A father who would appear to have some sort of death wish for his son.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	death wish
释义	death wishn. Brit. /ˈdɛθ wɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈdɛθ ˌwɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: death n., wish n.¹ Etymology: < death n. + wish n.¹, chiefly after German Todeswunsch, lit. ‘death's wish’ (1642 or earlier). 1. A conscious or unconscious desire for one's own death. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > wish for death wish1856 1856 A. B. Evans Lect. Bk. of Job ii. 27 (heading) A death wish... You may be ready to say, ‘Job must have been..wicked..thus to have wished himself dead.’ 1863 C. T. Brooks tr. J. P. F. Richter Titan II. xxiii. 143 He would so gladly have poured out his woe, his love, his death-wish before her in one mortal cry. 1896 L. Housman Green Arras 68 And I, at the death-wish then, Stood looking upon it all. 1937 ‘C. Caudwell’ Illusion & Reality 97 The same secret death-wishes are shown by these aristocrats if they turn revolutionary. 1947 Partisan Rev. 14 233 Even in America..the death-wish of the business community appears to go beyond the normal limits of political incompetence and geographical security. 1971 Ink 12 June 12/3 Death in Venice... An example of the death wish of the cinema—still, go to its funeral. 2006 Eating Behaviors 7 389 A higher frequency of death wishes and suicidal feelings in the bulimarexic group. 2. A conscious or unconscious desire for the death of another. ΚΠ 1913 A. A. Brill tr. S. Freud Interpretation of Dreams v. 218 The death-wish towards parents is to be explained by reference to earliest childhood. 1929 P. Mairet tr. A. Adler Probl. Neurosis vi. 84 After having triumphed over him and having had the death-wish granted by fate, he remained still unsatisfied. 1966 C. C. Walcutt Man's Changing Mask (1968) iii. vii. 126 The young hero's Oedipal deathwish against his father. 1997 K. O'Riordan Boy in Moon ii. 36 A father who would appear to have some sort of death wish for his son. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856
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