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Higher-order desires, on the other hand, are desires about other desires. They are most prominent in cases where a person has a desire he does not want to have. [ 30 ] [ 45 ] [ 46 ] A recovering addict, for example, may have both a first-order desire to take drugs and a second-order desire of not following this first-order desire.
In psychology, libido (/ l ɪ ˈ b iː d oʊ /; from the Latin libīdō, 'desire') is psychic drive or energy, usually conceived of as sexual in nature, but sometimes conceived of as including other forms of desire. [1] The term libido was originally developed by Sigmund Freud, the pioneering originator of psychoanalysis.
Taṇhā is a Pali word, derived from the Vedic Sanskrit word tṛ́ṣṇā (तृष्णा), which originates from the Proto-Indo-Iranian *tŕ̥šnas, which is related to the root tarś-(thirst, desire, wish), ultimately descending from Proto-Indo-European *ters-(dry).
Himeros, god of sexual desire and unrequited love. Hedylogos, god of sweet talk and flattery. Heracles; Hermaphroditus, god of hermaphrodites and effeminate men. Hermes; Hymen, god of marriage, weddings, and the bridal hymn. Pothos, god of sexual longing, yearning, and desire. Hedone, goddess of pleasure.
Lust is an intense desire for something. [1] [2] Lust can take any form such as the lust for sexuality (see libido), money, or power.It can take such mundane forms as the lust for food (see gluttony) as distinct from the need for food or lust for redolence, when one is lusting for a particular smell that brings back memories.
Lobha is a Sanskrit and Pali word—often translated as "lust," "desire," "craving," "greed"—which has different meanings depending on the context.. In Hinduism, lobha (Sanskrit: लोभ) is the concept of character affliction that refers to any form of "sensuality, lust, desire" or "attachment to sensual objects".
Andromania – human sexual behaviour and desire towards males in females (andro- (Greek) meaning man, men, male or masculine) Can be replaced by hypersexuality, nymphomania, cytheromania, hysteromania or aphrodisiomania. Anglomania – England and a passion or obsession with the English (i.e. anglophile) See also anglophobia.
We desire what others desire because we imitate their desires." [2] Mimetic theory has two main parts - the desire itself, and the resulting scapegoating. Girard's idea proposes that all desire is merely an imitation of another's desire, and the desire only occurs because others have deemed said object as worthwhile.