タナトス

noun

thanatos; death instinct

Psychoanalytic term from Freudian theory; the drive toward death, self-destruction, or a return to an inorganic state. Often contrasted with エロス (eros, life instinct).

from Ancient Greek

• フロイトは、人にん間げんの行こう動どうをエロスとタナトスの二ふたつの本ほん能のうで説せつ明めいしようとした。

  Freud attempted to explain human behavior through two instincts: Eros and Thanatos.

noun

Thanatos; personification of death

In Greek mythology, the god or daemon who personifies death, often depicted as a winged youth or a bearded man. Brother of Hypnos (Sleep).

• ギリシャ神しん話わでは、タナトスは死しそのものを擬ぎ人じん化かした神かみである。

  In Greek mythology, Thanatos is the god who personifies death itself.