Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Sexual urges or drives.

    Good grief man, control your libido!

    Libido, sexuelle Begierde

    либи́доlibído

  2. (countable, uncountable)Drives or mental energies related to or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.

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

    The ego as an organ which seeks to synthesize thoughts in the psyche is said to be driven by libido or eros.

    Libido

    либи́доlibído

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

More definitions
  • (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Unsatisfied libido is responsible for producing all art and literature.

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  2. He has a low libido.

    ruУ него низкое либидо. — Wezel

    deEr hat einen geringen Geschlechtstrieb. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. One of the best ways to amp up your libido is to work on your health first.

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

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  5. My wife has no libido since she got pregnant. What can I do?

    ruУ моей жены пропало всякое сексуальное желание, с тех пор как она забеременела. Что мне делать? — odexed

Translations

7 languages
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Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: libidos
Singularlibido
Plurallibidos

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
horninessalbedo in terms of a planet'ssuch as that of Marsaverage surface spectral reflectivity

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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