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libido definition

li·bido (li bē′dō)

noun

  1. the sexual urge or instinct
  2. Psychoanalysis psychic energy generally; specif., a basic form of psychic energy, comprising the positive, loving instincts and manifested variously at different stages of personality development

Etymology: ModL < L, pleasure, wantonness < libet, lubet, it pleases: for IE base see love

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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