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Thanatos

Than·a·tos [ thánnə tàwss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. personification of death: in Greek mythology, the personification of death and the son of Nyx, goddess of the night.
Roman equivalent  Mors


2. death instinct: the universal death instinct theorized by Sigmund Freud

[Mid-20th century. < Greek, "death"]
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