nymphomania
abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire in women.
Origin of nymphomania
1Other words from nymphomania
- nym·pho·ma·ni·ac [nim-fuh-mey-nee-ak], /ˌnɪm fəˈmeɪ niˌæk/, noun, adjective
- Compare Don Juanism, satyriasis.
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How to use nymphomania in a sentence
After all, she points out, in the 19th and early 20th centuries some doctors diagnosed nymphomania in women deemed to enjoy sex too much.
The tangled and messy science of medicating female sex drives | Purbita Saha | August 17, 2021 | Popular-ScienceBut now her frigid stoicism quickly devolves into a kind of nymphomania.
C.E. Morgan: ‘Light in August’ is Faulkner’s Great American Novel | C.E. Morgan | August 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn men, hypersexuality was traditionally called satyriasis, while similar behavior in women was described as nymphomania.
Erotomania (satyriasis and nymphomania), or abnormal exaltation of the sexual appetite.
The Sexual Question | August ForelSuch excesses in woman take on a more pathological character than in man, and go under the name of nymphomania.
The Sexual Question | August Forel
A further degree of sexual hyperæsthesia is called Satyriasis in man, and nymphomania in woman.
The Sexual Question | August ForelIt is well known that, while satyriasis is rare, nymphomania is comparatively common.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6) | Havelock EllisWichmann states that pollutions are most common in spring (being perhaps the first to make that statement), and also nymphomania.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6) | Havelock Ellis
British Dictionary definitions for nymphomania
/ (ˌnɪmfəˈmeɪnɪə) /
a neurotic condition in women in which the symptoms are a compulsion to have sexual intercourse with as many men as possible and an inability to have lasting relationships with them: Compare satyriasis
Origin of nymphomania
1Derived forms of nymphomania
- nymphomaniac, noun, adjective
- nymphomaniacal (ˌnɪmfəʊməˈnaɪəkəl), adjective
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Cultural definitions for nymphomania
[ (nim-fuh-may-nee-uh) ]
The presence in women of abnormally powerful sexual desires.
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