Psychiatry a conscious or unconscious desire for the death of another or for one's own death
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death wish
noun
- Psychiatry a. A desire for self-destruction, often accompanied by feelings of depression, hopelessness, and self-reproach.b. The desire, often unconscious, for the death of another person, such as a parent, toward whom one has unconscious hostility.
- A suicidal urge thought to drive certain people to put themselves consistently into dangerous situations.
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Translation of German TodeswunschTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural death wishes)
- (psychology) A desire, especially subconscious, for the death of oneself or of someone else.
Origin
A calque of German Todeswunsch.
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death wish - Medical Definition
n.
- Psychiatry
- A desire for self-destruction, often accompanied by feelings of depression, hopelessness, and self-reproach.
- The desire, often unconscious, for the death of another person, such as a parent, toward whom one has unconscious hostility.
- A suicidal urge thought to drive certain people to put themselves consistently into dangerous situations.
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