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death wish
noun
- desire for one's own death or for the death of another.
- Psychiatry. a suicidal desire, manifested by passivity, withdrawal, and absorption in nihilistic thoughts, that may eventually lead to suicidal behavior.
death wish
noun
- (in Freudian psychology) the desire for self-annihilation See also Thanatos
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of death wish1
Example Sentences
Versions of Timothy Ratliff’s death wish fantasy play out over several episodes of “The White Lotus,†but each involves a gun.
There's racism, right-wing propaganda, a failing information environment, and perhaps an American death wish.
An attack on him was a "death wish by the attacker" he said, and he thanked Congress for approving more money for the Secret Service.
Reichert’s backers warn choosing Bird would amount to a political death wish in Washington, where the GOP hasn’t won a governor’s race since 1980 and is currently shut out of every statewide office.
In the Northwest, winter hiking can feel like an exercise in misery at best and a possible death wish at worst, but not in Arizona.
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