onanist

American  

[oh-nuh-nist] / ˈoʊ nəˌnɪst /

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.

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Other Word Forms

• onanistic adjective

Etymology

Origin of onanist

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