libidinal
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doʊ noun, plural li·bi·dos.
1.
Psychoanalysis. all of the instinctual energies and desires that are derived from the id.
2.
sexual instinct or sexual drive.
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libido (lɪˈbiːdəʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -dos | |
| 1. | psychoanal psychic energy emanating from the id |
| 2. | sexual urge or desire |
| [C20 (in psychoanalysis): from Latin: desire] | |
| libidinal | |
| —adj | |
| li'bidinally | |
| —adv | |
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| libido (lɪˈbiːdəʊ) | |
| —n , pl -dos | |
| 1. | psychoanal psychic energy emanating from the id |
| 2. | sexual urge or desire |
| [C20 (in psychoanalysis): from Latin: desire] | |
| libidinal | |
| —adj | |
| li'bidinally | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
libido
"psychic drive or energy, usually associated with sexual instinct," 1892, carried over untranslated in Eng. edition of Krafft-Ebing's "Psychopathia Sexualis"; 1909 in A.A. Brill's translation of Freud's "Selected Papers on Hysteria" (Freud's use of the term led to its popularity); from L. libido "desire,
lust," from libere "to be pleasing, to please," ultimately cognate with O.E. lufu (see love).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
libido li·bi·do (lĭ-bē'dō, -bī'-)
n. pl. li·bi·dos
The psychic and emotional energy associated with instinctual biological drives.
Sexual desire.
Manifestation of the sexual drive.
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It's as if their libidinal sonar detectors locked on each other's slow-moving coordinates.
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