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a person's desire to have sex
They have healthy libidos.
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Recent Examples of libidos
Our libidos are also vulnerable to our overall mental health, life stressors, and the sense of intimacy in our relationships.
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Dominique Fluker, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
Dominique Fluker, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for libidos
Noun
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A little over a year later, Trey has officially honored those desires.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
11 Feb. 2026
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Robbie plays her as someone dazzled by the consequences of her own desires.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Well, ballet and Belgian suds are both passions of Dan Guin, the dance company’s executive/co-artistic director.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
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The year 2024 marked the last trading year before Anderson took on the big job at Dior in June 2025 and repositioned his namesake label the following month as a platform to showcase his love for heritage, craft and his personal passions.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Whereas traditional nuclear fission energy creates power by splitting atoms, fusion uses heat to create energy by melding them together.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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For the launch colorway, a vivid graphic may initially bring to mind heat maps with its application of blue, green, yellow and red — but the choice was actually made to invoke a temporal fold, a theoretical concept of bending spacetime to move faster than the speed of light.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Libidos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/libidos. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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