libido — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Sexual urges or drives.

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   Antonyms

   frigidity

   Examples

   Good grief man, control your libido!

2. Drives or mental energies related to or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.

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   Antonyms

   destrudomortido

   Broader terms

   drive

   Examples

   For Freudians, libido means the desire to "unite and bind" with objects in the world.

   The ego as an organ which seeks to synthesize thoughts in the psyche is said to be driven by libido or eros.

3. Synonym of albedo in terms of a planet's, such as that of Mars, average surface spectral reflectivity.

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Noun

1. (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire

   Broader terms

   sexual desireerosconcupiscencephysical attraction