death wish
A desire, especially subconscious, for the death of oneself or of someone elseA desire, especially subconscious, for the death of oneself or of someone else.
» Unless you have a death wish, you shouldn't try doing that.
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1 senses(often, sarcastic)A desire, especially subconscious, for the death of oneself or of someone else.
Todeswunsch
жа́жда сме́ртиžážda smérti
- (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die
Examples
5 sentencesUnless you have a death wish, you shouldn't try doing that.
Do you have a death wish?
Tom has a death wish.
Tom had a death wish.
At the front, there are many with a death wish, but the executioners are picky.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From death + wish. Calque of German Todeswunsch.From death + wish. Calque of German Todeswunsch.
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Forms
plural: death wishes| Singular | death wish |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die:death instinctThanatos
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.