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Thanatos has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death; son of Nyx

2

(psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die

3

the death drive in Freudian psychoanalysis.

Proper Noun
1

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

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
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Origin

Thanatos comes from Ancient Greek, where it originally meant death or the personification of death as a god.

Rhyming Words
tos rtos gtos gatos aytos autos ottos estos artos potos motos lotos altos vetos matos vatos santos bartos centos mentos
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