satyriasis

American  

[sey-tuh-rahy-uh-sis, sat-uh-] / ˌseɪ təˈraɪ ə sɪs, ˌsæt ə- /

noun

1. Don Juanism.

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satyriasis British  

/ ˌsætɪˈraɪəsɪs /

noun

1. a neurotic condition in men in which the symptoms are a compulsion to have sexual intercourse with as many women as possible and an inability to have lasting relationships with them Compare nymphomania

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Etymology

Origin of satyriasis

1620–30; < New Latin < Greek satyríāsis. See satyr, -iasis

Example Sentences

In the 2011 film Shame, McQueen and Fassbender offered a vividly clinical depiction of satyriasis, as a Manhattan office-worker cruises the streets, bars and subways for new conquests that never fulfill him.

From Time

The Two English Girls fatally in love with the same Frenchman, the young woman who turns unrequited passion into suicidal ecstasy in The Story of Adele H., the scientist afflicted with a sort of Peter Pan satyriasis in The Man Who Loved Women�all were captured under the glass of Truffaut's sympathetic scrutiny.

From Time Magazine Archive