Eros
noun
- Gr. Myth. the god of love, son of Aphrodite: identified with the Roman god Cupid
- sexual love or desire
- Psychoanalysis the life instinct, based on the libido, sublimated impulses, and self-preservation
See Eros in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ĕrˈŏsˌ, îrˈ-)
noun- Greek Mythology The god of love, son of Aphrodite.
- often eros Creative, often sexual yearning, love, or desire: “The new playful eros means that impulses and modes from other spheres enter the relations between men and women” (Herbert Gold).
a. Psychiatry Sexual drive; libido.
b. The sum of all instincts for self-preservation.
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