Desire
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Desire is a strong wish or craving.
Desire may also refer to:
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[edit] Concepts
- Desire (in Philosophy)
- Desire (psychoanalysis)
- Interpersonal attraction
- Lust, intense craving for self gratification
- Libido, sexual desire
- Greed, selfish pursuit of wealth, power, or possessions
- Want, in economics
- Preference, on which microeconomic theory is based
- Motivation, thought that leads to an action
- Tanha in Buddhist psychology, as described in the Four Noble Truths
- A concept in Lacanian psychoanalytic theory related to the Oedipus complex
[edit] Music
- Desire (album), by Bob Dylan (1976)
- Desire (Tom Scott album), (1982)
- Desire (Pharoahe Monch album), (2007)
- "Desire" (Andy Gibb song), (1980)
- "Desire" (U2 song), (1989)
- "Desire" (Eurovision song), a song by Claudette Pace (2000)
- "Desire" (Do As Infinity song), (2001)
- "Desire" (Ryan Adams song), (2002)
- "Desire" (Geri Halliwell song), (2005)
- "Desire", a song by Talk Talk on their Spirit of Eden album (1988)
- "Desire", a song by Suicide Commando on their Construct-Destruct album (1998)
- "Desire", a heavy metal song by Ozzy Osbourne on his No More Tears album (1991)
- "Desire", a song by Yanni on his Dare to Dream album (1992)
- "Desire", a song by En Vogue on their Funky Divas album (1992)
- "Desire", a song by Raheem DeVaughn on his Love Behind the Melody album (2008)
[edit] Film and television
- Desire (1936 film), a 1936 film starring Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper
- Desire (TV series), a telenovela on the United States broadcast television network MyNetworkTV
- Desire Inc. (1990), a video documentary of unconventional television advertisements created by video artist Lynn Hershman
- Wings of Desire, a 1987 film by German director Wim Wenders
- "Desire", an episode from season 3 of the medical drama Grey's Anatomy
[edit] Fiction
- Desire (DC Comics), a fictional character The Sandman comic series
- Desire (Manga), a yaoi manga written by Maki Kazumi and illustrated by Yukine Honami
- A Streetcar Named Desire (play), a stage play by Tennessee Williams
[edit] Other uses
- Desire line, the shortest route between an origin and destination, which shows where people want to travel
- Desire Street, a famous street in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Desire, a ship sailed by Thomas Cavendish and John Davis on their explorations in the 1590s