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Libido vs Destrudo - What's the difference?

libido | destrudo |

As nouns the difference between libido and destrudo

is that libido is sexual urges or drives while destrudo is a destructive impulse, the opposite of libido.

libido

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (common usage) Sexual urges or drives.
    • Good grief man, control your libido !
  • (psychology) Drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.
    • 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 .

    Synonyms

    * horniness

    Antonyms

    * (in common usage ): boredom

    See also

    * nymphomaniac, hypersexuality, masturbator

    destrudo

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia destrudo)
  • (Freudian psychology) A destructive impulse, the opposite of libido.