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Meaning of death drive | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The drive toward death and self-destruction.

Equivalents

Deutsch Todestrieb
Français pulsion de mort

Examples

“The connection between the death drive and the symbolic order is a constant with Lacan, but we can differentiate the various stages of his teaching precisely by reference to the different modes of articulation of the death drive and the signifier: […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

death duty death erection death factor death flag death flight death futures

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