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li⋅bi⋅do

  [li-bee-doh]
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–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

Related forms:
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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Cultural Dictionary

libido [(luh-bee-doh)]

In Freudian psychology, the energy associated with the desires that come from the id.

Note: Libido is loosely used to mean sexual desire.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

libido 
"psychic drive or energy, usually associated with sexual instinct," 1909, in A.A. Brill's translation of Freud's "Selected Papers on Hysteria," from L. libido "desire, lust," from libere "to be pleasing, to please," ultimately cognate with O.E. lufu (see love).
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Medical Dictionary

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
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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