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 .

Noun

(en-noun)

The tendency to attract.

The feeling of being attracted.

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An event or location that has a tendency to attract visitors.

(chess) The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.