libido

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Sexual urges or drives.
2. (countable, uncountable) Drives or mental energies related to or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.
3. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of albedo in terms of a planet's, such as that of Mars, average surface spectral reflectivity.

Opposite of

frigidity, destrudo, mortido

Synonyms

lust

desire

sex drive

sexual desire

sexuality

eroticism

striving

concupiscence

sexual urge

elan vital

St. Augustine

lustful mood

Libido

mood for sexual pleasures

aspiration

eros

erotism

life force

vital force

wish

sexual drive

Translations

libido

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líbido

şehvet

Sexualtrieb

Geschlechtstrieb

شهوة جنسية

geslachtsdrift

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɪˈbiː.dəʊ/

Etymology

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