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death wish
noun
- desire for one's own death or for the death of another.
- Psychiatry. a suicidal desire, manifested by passivity, withdrawal, and absorption in nihilistic thoughts, that may eventually lead to suicidal behavior.
death wish
noun
- (in Freudian psychology) the desire for self-annihilation See also Thanatos
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of death wish1
Example Sentences
Versions of Timothy Ratliff’s death wish fantasy play out over several episodes of “The White Lotus,” but each involves a gun.
There's racism, right-wing propaganda, a failing information environment, and perhaps an American death wish.
An attack on him was a "death wish by the attacker" he said, and he thanked Congress for approving more money for the Secret Service.
Reichert’s backers warn choosing Bird would amount to a political death wish in Washington, where the GOP hasn’t won a governor’s race since 1980 and is currently shut out of every statewide office.
In the Northwest, winter hiking can feel like an exercise in misery at best and a possible death wish at worst, but not in Arizona.
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