Libido vs Impotence - What's the difference?
libido | impotence |
(common usage) Sexual urges or drives.
(psychology) Drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.
Powerlessness.
Inability to copulate or beget children; sterility, erectile dysfunction, etc.
As nouns the difference between libido and impotence
is that libido is sexual urges or drives while impotence is powerlessness.libido
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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 .
Synonyms
* horninessAntonyms
* (in common usage ): boredomSee also
* nymphomaniac, hypersexuality, masturbatorimpotence
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Alternative forms
* impotencyNoun
(-)- O, impotence of mind in body strong! — Milton.