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Definition: Libido |
LibidoNoun1. (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "libido" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The psychic drive or energy associated with sexual instinct in the broad sense (pleasure and love-object seeking). It may also connote the psychic energy associated with instincts in general that motivate behavior. (references) |
Medicine | In psychoanalysis, the energy of the sexual drive. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang | Lust, sexual instinct. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Sigmund Freud introduced the term and pointed out that the libido can come in conflict with terms of civilized behaviour, leading to tension and disturbance.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Libido."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Sexuality | Sex instinct, sex drive, libido, lust, concupiscence;hots, horns; arousal, heat, rut, estrus, oestrus; tumescence; erection, hard-on, boner. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Libido |
| English words defined with "libido": libidinal, libidinal energy ♦ oral phase, oral stage. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "libido": Androgens ♦ Freudian Theory ♦ psycho-analysis ♦ sexual instinct. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Libido" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (libido), Czech (libido), Danish (libido), Dutch (libido), French (libido), German (libido), Italian (libido), Latin (caprice, desire, libido, lust, passionate longing, violent desire, whim), Portuguese (Libra), Romanian (libido), Serbo-Croatian (libido), Spanish (libido), Swedish (libido), Turkish (libido). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Libido, inferiority complex, stinko, blotto, free love, bathtub gin, monkey glands, Karl Marx is he one of the Marx Brothers? (Auntie Mame; writing credit: Betty Comden; Patrick Dennis) | |
Lyrics | My libido (Smells Like Teen Spirit; performing artist: Nirvana) | |
Movie/TV Titles | La Femme Libido (1973) Libido (1973) | |
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Health | They may not recognize a gradual loss of sexual function or libido. (references) | |
Libido, interest in having sex, as well as the ability to become sexually aroused, change for some women. (references) | ||
Estrogens also influence libido and the metabolism of electrolytes and nitrogen, and help maintain pregnancy and prepare the breasts for lactation. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Libido" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.13% of the time. "Libido" is used about 107 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.13% | 105 | 31,781 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.93% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.93% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 107 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "libido": libido-less, libido-quarterback. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
libido | 741 | female libido enhancement | 11 |
female libido | 100 | low female libido | 10 |
low libido | 69 | increasing libido | 10 |
increase libido | 53 | low libido woman | 10 |
loss of libido | 41 | low libido in woman | 9 |
womens libido | 36 | lack of libido | 9 |
libido enhancer | 31 | libido forte | 9 |
woman libido | 26 | increased libido | 9 |
decreased libido | 22 | menopause libido | 9 |
libido enhancers | 22 | food libido natural | 8 |
low male libido | 21 | increase libido woman | 8 |
increase female libido | 21 | libido man | 8 |
male libido | 20 | du libido quebec | 7 |
libido enhancement | 16 | connexion libido | 7 |
estrogen libido | 14 | libido drug | 7 |
libido magazine | 13 | libido steel | 7 |
female libido enhancer | 12 | libido pill | 7 |
birth control libido pill | 12 | no libido | 6 |
herb libido | 12 | low libido in man | 6 |
sexual libido | 12 | female libido enhancers | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "libido"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | libido, epsh (concupiscence, lewdness, lust, prurience, pruriency, unction), energji emocionale, dëshirë seksuale (concupiscence, desire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | لبيدو, شهوة جنسية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | либидо, полово влечение. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | libido. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | libido. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | libido. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | هوس (Caprice, Fancy, Gee, Heartthrob, Lust, Scape, Whim, Whimsy), تحریک شهوانی , شهوت جنسی , شورجنسی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | libido. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | libido. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γενετήσιοσ ορμή (sexuality), λιμπίντο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ליבי"ו, תאות מין, אביו " (orgasm, sexual desire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | libidó, kéjvágy (lasciviousness, lustfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | libido, desiderio sessuale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | リ"ア山猫 (liberation, Libyan wildcat, lift, liftback, living, living kitchen, living room, living room set, living stock, makeover, rebate, reboot, reference, reference guide, referencer, refinance, refine, reflation, reflect, reflection, reflective, reform instructor, reform plan, refrain, refresh, refreshment, repeat, repeater, replace, replicate, replication, reply, repression, reprint, reproduction, revision, rib, rib roast, rift, ripple, rivet, updating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | リ"ドー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 리비도. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ibidolay libidinagem, líbido. (various references) libido. (various references) сила (arm, efficacy, energy, force, force of, forcefulness, lustiness, might, nerve, pitch, pith, potency, power, strength, strengths, vehemence, vigor, vigour, vim, violence, virtue), либидо. (various references) libido. (various references) libido. (various references) libido. (various references) ตั"หาราคะ, ความต้องการที่ถูกกระตุ้นจากจิตใต้สำนึก. (various references) libido, cinsel dürtü (sex drive, sexual urge). (various references) статевий потяг, лібідо, прагнення (affectation, ambition, anxiety, appetency, appetition, aspiration, aspiring, craving, desire, gravitation, hanker, hunger, need, nisus, objective). (various references) sinh lực. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | libido. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "libido": libidos. (additional references) | |
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"Libido" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: labido, lebido, libado, Libaude, libbido, libdo, libedo, libid, libiddo, libide, libidi, libidio, libito, libodo, Libuda, Liliboy, Lilico, limbido, lipido, lirio, Liubimov, Livio, llibido, lobido, Lombilo, lubido, Lubimov, Lybardde, lybbarde, Lyubimov. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "libido" (pronounced lubē"dō) |
| 3 | -ē" d ō | Lido, Toledo, Tuxedo. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-i-i-l-o" | |
-2 letters: boil, bold, diol, idol, lido. | |
-3 letters: bid, bio, bod, dib, dol, lib, lid, lob, obi, oil, old. | |
-4 letters: bi, bo, do, id, li, lo, od. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-i-i-l-o" | |
+1 letter: libidos, oilbird. | |
+2 letters: biocidal, biosolid, diabolic, oilbirds. | |
+3 letters: biosolids, diabolism, diabolist, diabolize, disoblige, idioblast, mobilised, mobilized. | |
+4 letters: bidonville, bimodality, biomedical, demobilize, diabolical, diabolisms, diabolists, diabolized, diabolizes, disobliged, disobliges, idioblasts, libidinous, modifiable, oxidizable, tailorbird. | |
+5 letters: adorability, bidonvilles, bipolarized, demobilized, demobilizes, diabolizing, disboweling, disobliging, dissociable, erodibility, idioblastic, imboldening, immobilized, indomitable, indomitably, nonbuilding, outbuilding, remobilized, roadability, solubilised, solubilized, tailorbirds. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 69 62 69 64 6F |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .. -... .. -.. --- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01101001 01100010 01101001 01100100 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L i b i d o |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0069 0062 0069 0064 006F |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)467568757081 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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