onanist

[ oh-nuh-nist ]

noun

1. someone who practices coitus interruptus or masturbation:

   A confirmed onanist, or chronic masturbator, she saw no need for a relationship with someone other than herself.

2. someone who commits acts that are thought to be sexually deviant:

   The city is famous for gamblers, prostitutes, alcoholics, fetishists, onanists, and pornographers.

3. someone whose behavior exhibits self-serving intellectual or emotional gratification:

   They seem to be a clique of onanists with nothing better to do than spend their lives at a computer terminal, insulting other people.

Other Words From

• o·nan·is·tic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of onanist¹

onan(ism) ( def ) + -ist ( def )