libido

[ li-bee-doh ]

/ lɪˈbi doʊ /

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noun, plural li·bi·dos.

Psychoanalysis. all of the instinctual energies and desires that are derived from the id.

sexual instinct or sexual drive.

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Origin of libido

1890–95; <Latin libīdō desire, willfulness, lust, akin to libēre to be pleasing

OTHER WORDS FROM libido

li·bid·i·nal

[li-bid-n-l], /lɪˈbɪd n l/, adjectiveli·bid·i·nal·ly, adverb

Words nearby libido

Libertyville, liberum veto, Libeskind, Libia, libidinous, libido, LIBOR , libra, librarian, librarianship, library

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How to use libido in a sentence

Yet researchers are fiercely divided over the question of just how many women lack libido and how best to help them.
The tangled and messy science of medicating female sex drives|Purbita Saha|August 17, 2021|Popular-Science
Lost in the outrage over sexism was the reality that flibanserin, a failed antidepressant that causes drowsiness, also isn’t a great libido drug.
The tangled and messy science of medicating female sex drives|Purbita Saha|August 17, 2021|Popular-Science
It also turns off higher cognitive thought, digestion, and libido.
Outwitting the Grim Reaper - Issue 94: Evolving|Kevin Berger|December 23, 2020|Nautilus
Along with the association between mental health and libido, there is, as he describes it, a rise in the culture of risk avoidance — of “safetism.”
Why Sex Is No Longer a Teen Commodity|Joshua Eferighe|September 21, 2020|Ozy

Add the depression that’s collecting around what seems to be a world out of control, and it seems pretty natural that your libido has taken a hit.
Sex Is Dead: Discuss|Eugene Robinson|August 10, 2020|Ozy
Libido is what earlier psychologists called "will" or "tendency."
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology|C. G. Jung
Libido can perhaps be described as "effect," or "capacity for effect."
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology|C. G. Jung
Libido is intended to be an energising expression for psychological values.
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology|C. G. Jung
Libido effrenata effrenatam appetentiam efficit—Unbridled gratification produces unbridled desire.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
On the opposite page Pudicitia—in a very spirited attitude—is driving her spear through the throat of Libido.
Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages|Edward Lewes Cutts

British Dictionary definitions for libido

libido

/ (lɪˈbiːdəʊ) /

noun plural -dos

psychoanal psychic energy emanating from the id

sexual urge or desire

Derived forms of libido

libidinal (lɪˈbɪdɪnəl), adjectivelibidinally, adverb

Word Origin for libido

C20 (in psychoanalysis): from Latin: desire

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for libido

libido

[ (luh-bee-doh) ]

In Freudian psychology, the energy associated with the desires that come from the id.

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Libido is loosely used to mean sexual desire.

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