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Eros
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E·ros or e·ros (rs, îr-)
n.
1. In psychoanalytic theory, the sum of all instincts for self-preservation.
2. Sexual drive; libido.
Eros
[ir′os, er′os]
Etymology: Gk, mythic love-inciting son of Aphrodite
a Freudian term for the drive or instinct for survival, including self-preservation and continuation of the species through reproduction.


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A more optimistic response to the possibility of amorous satisfaction is struck by the depiction of Eros and Anteros on the north-west side of the ceiling.
"Pleasure reconciled to virtue": William Cavendish, Ben Jonson, and ... by Raylor, Timothy / Renaissance Quarterly
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