name, noun ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Sexual urges or drives. countable, uncountable

   "Good grief man, control your libido!"

2. 2
   (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire wordnet
3. 3
   Drives or mental energies related to or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves. countable, uncountable

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

4. 4
   Synonym of albedo in terms of a planet's, such as that of Mars, average surface spectral reflectivity. countable, uncountable

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia.

Synonyms

All synonyms

admirationadorationaffectionagapealbedo in terms of a planet'samor

Antonyms

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boredomdestrudofrigiditymortido

Example

More examples

"If you have problems with low libido my suggestion is to go see a doctor or someone with expertise on this issue."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin libīdō (“lust, desire”). Used originally in psychoanalytic contexts.

Related phrases

non-libidoist

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