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thanatos

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for thanatos.

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Being Greek, even the name had an impressive, majestic quality to me: Thanatos (the dragon's name) means Death.

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Quick take

(psychoanalysis) The death drive in Freudian psychoanalysis.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of thanatos gathered in one view.

noun

(psychoanalysis) The death drive in Freudian psychoanalysis.

noun

(Greek mythology) The god of death (specifically of a peaceful death), and twin brother of Hypnos (god of sleep); the Greek counterpart of Mors.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for thanatos.

noun

(psychoanalysis) The death drive in Freudian psychoanalysis.

noun

(Greek mythology) The god of death (specifically of a peaceful death), and twin brother of Hypnos (god of sleep); the Greek counterpart of Mors.

Example sentences

1

Being Greek, even the name had an impressive, majestic quality to me: Thanatos (the dragon's name) means Death.

2

By synthesizing Thanatos and Eros, both primordial in human nature, Giger created instrinsically-appealing artworks.

3

Everything ad based (social media, evening news, YouTube, Reddit, elections) turns towards Thanatos ultimately.

4

They're eros and thanatos, the bookends of the American Era.

5

The author argues that this connection between Eros and Thanatos - the drives of life and death - is a fundamental part of the human condition which he sees as a means by which humans confront their own mortality and the limits of their existence.

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It is the most blatant expression of thanatos and the fact that people like this hold significant positions of power pretty much sums up why the majority of the world's population has their head held underwater by a tiny, brutal elite.

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'good death': εὖ, eu, 'well, good' + θάνατος, thanatos, 'death') is the practice of intentionally ending life to eliminate pain and suffering.

Quote examples

1

You’ll take most of ‘em to the dump.” Thank you, Thanatos for helping prove her wrong.

2

This article led me to type “Thanatos Archive” into Google Image Search… And that wasn’t the best idea just before going to bed.

3

That's why I consider the word convenience to be the modern form of the Greek work Thanatos, which is the "death drive" toward atrophy, stasis, forgetfulness and rigor mortis.

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The example it uses of a good annotation, When Nas speaks about “sleep [being] the cousin of death”, Genius tells me the line is ‘perhaps inspired by the Talmud (which tells us that sleep is 1/60th of death) or the Iliad (where Hypnos and Thanatos – i.e.

Proper noun examples

1

He (Freud) had some very good insights, almost genius-like, for example the part with Eros and Thanatos.

2

We've collectively lost sight of what there is to love, the difference between Eros Thanatos.

3

There is a kind of tragic death drive or celebration of Thanatos/atrophy going on there.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use thanatos in a sentence?

Being Greek, even the name had an impressive, majestic quality to me: Thanatos (the dragon's name) means Death.

What does thanatos mean?

(psychoanalysis) The death drive in Freudian psychoanalysis.

What part of speech is thanatos?

thanatos is commonly used as noun.