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(psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire

(psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire

The psychic drive or energy associated with sexual instinct in the broad sense (pleasure and love-object seeking). It may also connote the psychic energy associated with instincts in general that motivate behavior.

[Latin] Excitation within body associated with instinct; sexual energy; psychic energy; horme, q.v.; elan vital.

Desire, necessity. Authors speak of Libido urinae. Libido intestini. Some employ it synonymously with Prurigo; others, with Salactitas, Lubido, Himeros.

Striving, energy, erotic sensation. In psycho-analysis, an energy concept with nutritive or reproductive values. [Lat.]