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Don Juanism

[ don wah-niz-uhm ]

noun

, Psychiatry.
  1. a syndrome, occurring in males, of excessive preoccupation with sexual gratification or conquest and leading to persistently transient and sometimes exploitative relationships.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Don Juanism1

First recorded in 1880–85; Don Juan + -ism
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Example Sentences

Mr. Grundy eliminated this naïve and old-fashioned Don Juanism of his.

He perceived the childishness and folly of his favourite idea that an artist ought to pass through a phase of Don Juanism.

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