File:Freud's_couch,_London,_2004_(2).jpeg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
libido
Sign in to saveAlso known as sex drive
The libido or sex drive ( ; , "lust, desire") refers to a psychological energy that, in common parlance, encompasses all forms of sexual desire, but is sometimes also regarded as the driving force behind other needs, such as a mother's love for her infant. The term was originally developed by the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud, the pioneer of psychoanalysis. Initially it referred only to specific sexual needs, but he later expanded the concept to a universal desire, with the id being its "great reservoir". As driving energy behind all life processes, libido became the source of the social
Libido is a psychological energy that primarily refers to sexual desire, though some psychologists view it as a broader driving force behind various human needs and emotions. The concept was developed by Sigmund Freud, who initially used it to describe sexual needs but later expanded it to represent a universal desire that motivates many aspects of human behavior and life.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Research
8,948 papersvia PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- wish
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Libido
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- facet of
- drive theory
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
Article · Português
Libido (do latim, significando "anseio ou desejo") é caracterizada como a energia aproveitável para os instintos de vida. De acordo com Freud, o ser humano apresenta uma fonte de energia separada para cada um dos instintos gerais. "Sua produção, aumento ou diminuição, distribuição e deslocamento devem propiciar-nos possibilidades de explicar os fenômenos psicossexuais observados" (1905a, livro 2, p. 113 na ed. bras.) A libido apresenta uma característica importante que é a sua mobilidade, ou a facilidade de alternar entre uma área de atenção para outra. No campo do desejo sexual está vinculada a aspectos emocionais e psicológicos. Santo Agostinho foi o primeiro a distinguir três tipos de desejos: a libido sciendi, desejo de conhecimento, a libido sentiendi, desejo sensual em sentido mais amplo, e a libido dominendi, desejo de dominar.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
Gallery (4)
Available in 75 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- 中文
- 日本語
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- हिन्दी
- Albanian
- Armenian
- Asturian
- Azerbaijani
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Bangla
- Basque
- be_x_old
Show 56 more
- Belarusian
- Bikol
- Bosnian
- Bulgarian
- Catalan
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Egyptian Arabic
- Esperanto
- Estonian
- Filipino
- Finnish
- Galician
- Georgian
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Hungarian
- Ido
- Kazakh
- Kikuyu
- Kurdish
- Kyrgyz
- Latin
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Luxembourgish
- Malay
- Marathi
- Mingrelian
- Nederlands
- Norwegian
- Polski
- Punjabi
- Romanian
- Sardinian
- Serbian
- Serbian (Latin)
- simple
- Sindhi
- Slovak
- Somali
- Svenska
- Swahili
- Tiếng Việt
- Toki Pona
- Türkçe
- Ukrainian
- Urdu
- Uzbek
- Wu Chinese
- Yakut
- Yiddish
- zh_yue
- فارسی
- 한국어
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0