Thanatos

English

Thanatos (death) and his brother Hypnos (sleep)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θάνατος (Thánatos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθænəˌtɒs/

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Proper noun

Thanatos

1. (Greek mythology) The god of death (specifically of a peaceful death), and twin brother of Hypnos (god of sleep); the Greek counterpart of Mors.

Noun

Thanatos (uncountable)

1. (psychoanalysis) The death drive in Freudian psychoanalysis.

Usage notes

Freud did not use the term “Thanatos”—instead he used Todestrieb (“death drive”)—and scholarly works refer to it as “death drive”, but the term “Thanatos” is commonly used in psychoanalysis, in duality with Eros, having been introduced there by Paul Federn.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “death drive”): Eros (life drive)

Translations

Thanatos, the god of death

• Breton: Thanatos m
• Bulgarian: Танатос m (Tanatos)
• Catalan: Tànatos m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 塔納托斯 / 塔纳托斯 (taap³ naap⁶ tok³ si¹)

  Mandarin: 塔納托斯 / 塔纳托斯 (Tǎnàtuōsī)

• Czech: Thanatos m
• Danish: Thanatos
• Dutch: Thanatos
• Finnish: Thanatos
• French: Thanatos (fr) m
• Galician: Tánatos m
• German: Thanatos m
• Greek: Θάνατος (el) m (Thánatos)

  Ancient: Θάνατος m (Thánatos)

• Hebrew: תנטוס m
• Hungarian: Thanatosz
• Italian: Tanato m
• Japanese: タナトス (ja) (Tanatosu)
• Korean: 타나토스 (ko) (Tanatoseu)
• Lithuanian: Tanatas m
• Marathi: थानाटोस m (thānāṭos)
• Norwegian: Thanatos
• Polish: Tanatos (pl) m pers
• Portuguese: Tânatos m, Tânato m
• Romanian: Thanatos m
• Russian: Та́натос m (Tánatos), Та́нат (ru) m (Tánat), Фа́нат m (Fánat)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: Tanatos (sh) m

• Slovak: Tanatos m
• Slovene: Tanatos m
• Spanish: Tánatos m
• Swedish: Thanatos
• Thai: ทานาทอส (taa-naa-tôt)
• Turkish: Thanatos
• Ukrainian: Та́натос m (Tánatos)