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libido

/ləˈbidoʊ/

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What does libido mean?

noun

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

  1. A Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia.

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IPA pronunciation

/ləˈbidoʊ/

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Libido is the life energy,--but all the Freudian analyses of actual cases published make libido sex, and usually "perverse."
Abraham MyersonThe Foundations of PersonalityProject Gutenberg ebook #1575
When spontaneity takes a useful, generous, or beneficent direction, it is called libertas; when, on the contrary, it takes a harmful, vicious, base, or evil direction, it is called libido.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonSystem of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of MiseryProject Gutenberg ebook #444