Libido

Definitions

1. A Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia.
2. Sexual urges or drives.
   countable, uncountable
3. Drives or mental energies related to or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.
   countable, uncountable
4. Synonym of albedo in terms of a planet's, such as that of Mars, average surface spectral reflectivity.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Good grief man, control⟳ your libido!”

“For Freudians, libido means the desire to "unite⟳ and bind⟳" with objects in the world.”

“The ego as an organ which seeks to synthesize thoughts in the psyche is said to be driven by libido or eros.”

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