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li⋅bi⋅do

[li-bee-doh]
–noun, plural -dos.
1. Psychoanalysis. all of the instinctual energies and desires that are derived from the id.
2. sexual instinct or sexual drive.

Origin:
1890–95; < L libīdō desire, willfulness, lust, akin to libēre to be pleasing


li⋅bid⋅i⋅nal [li-bid-n-l] , adjective
li⋅bid⋅i⋅nal⋅ly, adverb
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li·bi·do   (lĭ-bē'dō, -bī'-)   
n.   pl. li·bi·dos
  1. The psychic and emotional energy associated with instinctual biological drives.

    1. Sexual desire.

    2. Manifestation of the sexual drive.


[Latin libīdō, desire; see leubh- in Indo-European roots.]
li·bid'i·nal (-bĭd'n-əl) adj., li·bid'i·nal·ly adv.
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Main Entry: li·bid·i·nal
Pronunciation: l&-'bid-&n-&l, -'bid-n&l
Function: adjective
: of orrelating to the libido —li·bid·i·nal·ly /-E/ adverb

Main Entry: li·bi·do
Pronunciation: l&-'bEd-(")O also 'lib-&-"dO or l&-'bI-(")dO
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -dos
1 : emotional or psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges and that is usually goal-directed
2 : sexual drive
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libido li·bi·do (lĭ-bē'dō, -bī'-)
n. pl. li·bi·dos

  1. The psychic and emotional energy associated with instinctual biological drives.

  2. Sexual desire.

  3. Manifestation of the sexual drive.

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