death wish

desire for death (by a person - about himself or someone else)

This article is about the novel. For the film see Death Wish (film). For the psychological condition see Deathwish. For other uses see Death Wish (disambiguation). Death Wish is a 1972 novel by Brian Garfield.
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Noun
1. (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die
(synonym) death instinct
(hypernym) urge, impulse
(classification) psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology

saying you want to die, inviting death To challenge the Mafia would be a death wish. It would be suicide.

Synonyms and related words:
Schmerz, Slough of Despond, blank despondency, dejectedness, dejection, depression, despair, despondency, despondentness, discouragement, disheartenment, dispiritedness, down trip, downcastness, downer, downheartedness, drooping spirits, heartlessness, hopelessness, low spirits, lowness, lowness of spirit, malaise, oppression, pessimism, self-destructive urge, sinking heart, spiritlessness, suicidal despair, taedium vitae, weariness of life