life instinct

British  

noun

1. psychoanal the instinct for reproduction and self-preservation

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life instinct

Later, Freud formulated his famed "death instinct," into which suicide fitted neatly as death's triumph over the life instinct.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then, unfamiliar as Con was to Western life, instinct told him that the revolver shot was meant to call him to some one's aid.

From The Shagganappi by E. Pauline Johnson

He has written a book of three hundred and eighty-eight pages for the express purpose of proving that the phenomena of life, instinct, and intellect cannot be referred to any known natural forces.

From What is Darwinism? by Charles Hodge

Gravity, organic life, instinct, human thought and affection, are forms of his influx manifesting itself in varying relations.

From The Elements of Character by Mary G. Chandler

So far as she could judge, the qualities that she deemed necessary in the make-up of a robust life, instinct with purpose and accomplishment, seemed to be entirely lacking in Kennedy Square formulas.

From The Fortunes of Oliver Horn by Francis Hopkinson Smith

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