libido

(noun)

A person's overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity.

Related Terms

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  • hormone
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  • psychoanalysis

Examples of libido in the following topics:

  • Biological Influences on Sexual Motivation

    • Sexual motivation, often referred to as libido, is a person's overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity.
  • Sexual Orientation

    • Sexual motivation, often referred to as libido, is a person's overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity.
  • The Endocrine System

    • Testosterone: produced in sex organs (ovaries, testes) and adrenal glands; sometimes called the "male hormone" (though it is present in both men and women); affects libido, muscle growth.
  • Freud's Psychosexual Theory of Development

    • Finally, supporters of feminist theory believe Freud's theory to be sexist and overly reliant upon a male perspective (for example, his belief that girls developed sexual libido due to "penis envy").
  • Sexual Dysfunction and Disease

    • Sexual desire disorders, or decreased libido, are characterized by a lack or absence of desire for sexual activity or of sexual fantasies.
  • Cultural Influences on Sexual Motivation

    • Sexual motivation, often referred to as libido, is a person's overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity.
  • Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Therapy

    • During the same year, medical student Sigmund Freud adopted this new "dynamic" physiology and expanded it to create the original concept of "psychodynamics," in which he suggested that psychological processes are flows of psychological energy (which he termed the "libido") in a complex brain.
  • Biology of Sexual Behavior

    • Sexual motivation, often referred to as libido, is a person's overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity.
  • Psychodynamic Psychology

    • During the same year, medical student Sigmund Freud adopted this new "dynamic" physiology and expanded it to create the original concept of "psychodynamics," in which he suggested that psychological processes are flows of psychosexual energy (libido) in a complex brain.
  • Pharmacotherapy (Medication)

    • Mirapex, a treatment for restless leg syndrome, can dramatically increase libido in women.
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