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Meaning of apodyopsis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The act of gazing at a person and imagining them naked; a mental undressing.

neologism, rare, uncountable

Examples

“Deirdre is also a very attractive woman with nicely large breasts and a nicely large butt. She has long brown hair that she sometimes colors a lovely auburn and green eyes. She is sexy woman in a pretty way. I often wish that her style of dress would lend itself more to apodyopsis.”
“He sauntered over to her. He had a pot-belly and piggy eyes and clearly had had enough of performing apodyopsis, wanting more. "You turning tricks?" He asked in a regional accent and Sarah screwed up her face.”
“PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The cosmos is granting you a poetic license to practice the art of apodyopsis with great relish. You know what apodyopsis is, right? It refers to the act of envisioning people naked — mentally undressing them so as to picture them in their raw state. So, yes, by all means, Pisces, enjoy this creative use of your imagination without apology.”
“She had been naked before him before plenty of times when he rehearsed apodyopsis, but her body was even more stunning live amd^([sic]) not trapped in his imagination.”
“Our fulfillment in life lies within those dark moments. It is like an act of apodyopsis, one of those mentally stimulating realities of seduction.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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