Thanatos

[than-uh-tos, -tohs]

Than·a·tos

[than-uh-tos, -tohs]
noun
1.
an ancient Greek personification of death.
2.
Psychoanalysis. (usually lowercase) the death instinct, especially as expressed in violent aggression.
Than·a·tot·ic [than-uh-tot-ik] , adjective
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Thanatos is always a great word to know.
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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Thanatos (ˈθænəˌtɒs)
 
n
1.  Roman counterpart: Mors the Greek personification of death: son of Nyx, goddess of night
2.  Compare Eros the name chosen by Freud to represent a universal death instinct
 
Thanatotic
 
adj

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Thanatos Than·a·tos or than·a·tos (thān'ə-tōs')
n.
See death instinct.

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