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life instinct
life instinct n (Psychoanalysis) psychoanal the instinct for reproduction and self-preservation death′ in`stinct
n. 1. Psychoanal. an impulse to withdraw or destroy, working in opposition to forces urging survival and creation (life instinct). 2. suicidal tendency or inclination. [1915–20] EncyclopediaSeeinstinctlife instinct
instinct [in´stinkt] a complex of unlearned responses characteristic of a species. adj., adj instinc´tive.death instinct Freud's concept of an unconscious drive toward dissolution and death, in opposition to the life instinct.herd instinct the instinct or urge to be one of a group and to conform to its standards of conduct and opinion.life instinct Freud's concept of all the constructive tendencies of the organism aimed at maintenance and perpetuation of the individual and species, in opposition to the death instinct.life in·stinctthe instinct of self-preservation and sexual procreation; the basic urge toward preservation of the species. Synonym(s): sexual instinctlife in·stinct (līf in'stingkt) The instinct of self-preservation and sexual procreation; the basic urge toward preservation of the species. |