Associations to the word «Thanatos»

Wiktionary

THANATOS, proper noun. (Greek god) The god of death, (specifically of a peaceful death), and twin brother of Hypnos (god of sleep); the Greek counterpart of Mors.
THANATOS, noun. (psychoanalysis) the death drive in Freudian psychoanalysis.

Dictionary definition

THANATOS, noun. (Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death; son of Nyx.
THANATOS, noun. (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche