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- [deth wish]
- /dɛθ wɪʃ/
- /deθ wɪʃ/
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- [deth wish]
- /dɛθ wɪʃ/
Definitions of death wish words
- singular noun death wish A death wish is a conscious or unconscious desire to die or be killed. 3
- noun death wish (in Freudian psychology) the desire for self-annihilation 3
- noun death wish a conscious or unconscious desire for the death of another or for one's own death 3
- noun death wish desire for one's own death or for the death of another. 1
- noun death wish Psychiatry. a suicidal desire, manifested by passivity, withdrawal, and absorption in nihilistic thoughts, that may eventually lead to suicidal behavior. 1
- noun death wish psychiatry: desire to die 1
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Origin of death wish
First appearance:
before 1910 One of the 15% newest English words
First recorded in 1910-15
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Parts of speech for Death wish
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
death wish popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 59% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
death wish usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for death wish
noun death wish
- pessimism — the tendency to see, anticipate, or emphasize only bad or undesirable outcomes, results, conditions, problems, etc.: His pessimism about the future of our country depresses me.
- death instinct — the destructive or aggressive instinct, based on a compulsion to return to an earlier harmonious state and, ultimately, to nonexistence
- gloom and doom — an account or prediction of adversity, especially in economic or business affairs; bad news: a trade journal full of gloom and doom about next year's trends.
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