Don Juanism

American  

[don wah-niz-uhm] / dɒn ˈwɑ nɪz əm /

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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Etymology

Origin of Don Juanism

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

Example Sentences

I promise to make you the sole repository of my regrets, rather than distribute them widely through multiple affairs and a life of sexual Don Juanism.

From New York Times

Edward Henley's antiseptic Don Juanism is a calculated mockery of the mythical passions of a faithful Tristan.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is the punishment of Don Juanism to create continually false positions—relations of life which are wrong in themselves, and which it is equally wrong to break or to perpetuate.

From Project Gutenberg

It is the punishment of Don Juanism to create continually false positions - relations in life which are wrong in themselves, and which it is equally wrong to break or to perpetuate.

From Project Gutenberg