(from the article `Freud, Sigmund`) ...He arrived at the speculative assertion that there exists in the psyche an innate, regressive drive for stasis that aims to end life`s inevitable ...
In psychoanalysis, the principle that expresses the tendency toward the death instinct. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
Type: Term Definitions: 1. in psychoanalysis, the principle that expresses the tendency to attain a conflict-free state of freedom from pain or worry.