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Er·os

(ĕr′ŏs′, îr′-)

1. Greek Mythology The god of love, son of Aphrodite.

2. often eros Creative, often sexual yearning, love, or desire: "Eros exists in Plato's and Aristotle's philosophy; behind Homer's poetry, Chopin's compositions, [and] Gauguin's exotic paintings; behind ... each and every discovery that gave humanity a new aspect" (Eleni Tagonidi Maniataki and Panos Mourdoukoutas).

a. Psychiatry Sexual drive; libido.

b. The sum of all instincts for self-preservation.

[Latin Erōs, from Greek, from erōs, sexual love.]

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Eros

(ˈɪərɒs; ˈɛrɒs)

1. (Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth the god of love, son of Aphrodite. Roman counterpart: Cupid

2. (Psychoanalysis) Also called: life instinct (in Freudian theory) the group of instincts, esp sexual, that govern acts of self-preservation and that tend towards uninhibited enjoyment of life. Compare Thanatos

[Greek: desire, sexual love]

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E•ros

(ˈɪər ɒs, ˈɛr ɒs)

n.

1. the ancient Greek god of carnal love.

2. (sometimes l.c.) physical love; sexual desire.

3. Psychoanal.

a. the libido.

b. instincts for self-preservation collectively.

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Noun	1.	Eros - (Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
	2.	eros - a desire for sexual intimacy concupiscence, physical attraction, sexual desire desire - the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state erotic love, sexual love, love - a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction; "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love" aphrodisia - a desire for heterosexual intimacy anaphrodisia - decline or absence of sexual desire passion - a feeling of strong sexual desire sensualism, sensuality, sensualness - desire for sensual pleasures amativeness, sexiness, amorousness, erotism - the arousal of feelings of sexual desire libido - (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire lecherousness, lust, lustfulness - a strong sexual desire nymphomania - abnormally intense sexual desire in women satyriasis - abnormally intense sexual desire in men the hots - intense sexual desire

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Eros

[ˈɪərɒs] N → Eros

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Eros

[ˈiːrɒs] n → Eros m

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He may be a shepherd in Arcadia for aught he knows, he may be the first youth kissing the first maiden, he may be Eros himself, sipping the lips of Psyche--it is all one.

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Under the chaplain's guidance they selected many hideous presents and mementoes-- florid little picture-frames that seemed fashioned in gilded pastry; other little frames, more severe, that stood on little easels, and were carven out of oak; a blotting book of vellum; a Dante of the same material; cheap mosaic brooches, which the maids, next Christmas, would never tell from real; pins, pots, heraldic saucers, brown art-photographs; Eros and Psyche in alabaster; St.

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"Eros has degenerated; he began by introducing order and harmony, and now he brings back chaos."

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