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death wish

 
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–noun
1. desire for one's own death or for the death of another.
2. Psychiatry. a suicidal desire, manifested by passivity, withdrawal, and absorption in nihilistic thoughts, that may eventually lead to suicidal behavior.
Origin:
1910–15
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death wish  
n.  

  1. Psychiatry

    1. A desire for self-destruction, often accompanied by feelings of depression, hopelessness, and self-reproach.

    2. The desire, often unconscious, for the death of another person, such as a parent, toward whom one has unconscious hostility.

  2. A suicidal urge thought to drive certain people to put themselves consistently into dangerous situations.


[Translation of German Todeswunsch.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: death wish
Function: noun
: the conscious or unconscious desire for the death of another or of oneself called also destrudo
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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death wish n.

  1. A desire for self-destruction, often accompanied by feelings of depression, hopelessness, and self-reproach.

  2. A suicidal urge that presumably drives certain people to put themselves consistently into dangerous situations.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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