developmental dyspraxia

dyspraxia present since birth and manifested during an early developmental age or phase as difficulty in performing coordinated movements. Compare acquired dyspraxia.

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January 29th 2025

life instinct

in psychoanalytic theory, the drive comprising the self-preservation instinct, which is aimed at individual survival, and the sexual instinct, which is aimed at the survival of the species. In the dual instinct theory of Sigmund Freud, the life instinct, or Eros, stands opposed to the death instinct, or Thanatos. Also called erotic instinct.