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.
Origin of death wish
First recorded in 1910–15
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Example sentences from the Web for death wish
Westernization is the dominant factor in the significant growth of death-wish believers among Muslim women.
This death-wish variety of moral preening runs throughout American history.
A much worse confusion seems to underlie the assurance that back of every dream one finds the "death-clause," or death-wish.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis |Sigmund FreudLet us continue with the removal or death-wish which most frequently can be traced back to the unbounded egoism of the dreamer.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis |Sigmund Freud
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death wish
n.
A desire for self-destruction, often accompanied by feelings of depression, hopelessness, and self-reproach.
A suicidal urge that presumably drives certain people to put themselves consistently into dangerous situations.