death wish
desire for one's own death or for the death of another.
Psychiatry. a suicidal desire, manifested by passivity, withdrawal, and absorption in nihilistic thoughts, that may eventually lead to suicidal behavior.
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“Bernie Goetz is Charles Bronson in death wish,” said Sliwa.
Bernhard Goetz on George Zimmerman: ‘The Same Thing Is Happening’ | Harry Siegel, Filipa Ioannou | July 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTRacked with guilt, she has become a drunken mess who seems to have a death wish.
‘Dexter’ Season 8: The Serial-Killer Drama Still Has a Few Twists Left | Jason Lynch | June 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWesternization is the dominant factor in the significant growth of death-wish believers among Muslim women.
In 1980, conservatives were said to have a “death wish” when they nominated Reagan for president.
This death-wish variety of moral preening runs throughout American history.
It creates the death wish toward all who thwart our interests or who may in the future do so.
The Psychology of Nations | G.E. PartridgeLet us continue with the removal or death-wish which most frequently can be traced back to the unbounded egoism of the dreamer.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis | Sigmund FreudA much worse confusion seems to underlie the assurance that back of every dream one finds the "death-clause," or death-wish.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis | Sigmund FreudA jet was sent out, loaded with Leaguemen who had proved immune to the guru death-wish and all armed to the teeth.
Think Yourself to Death | C.H. ThamesIn other cases the death wish, while obvious in the manifest dream content, appears absurd and may cause the patient some anxiety.
Psychoanalysis | Andr Tridon
British Dictionary definitions for death wish
(in Freudian psychology) the desire for self-annihilation: See also Thanatos
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