hypersexuality
Definitions
Excessive desire for sexual activity, especially when considered high enough to be clinically significant.
Equivalents
7 more languages
Suomihyperseksuaalisuus
Italianoipersessualità
日本語異常性欲
Portuguêshipersexualidade
Русскийгиперсексуа́льность
Svenskahypersexualitet
Українськагіперсексуальність
Examples
“Is promiscuity a cover⟳ for an underlying despair? Perhaps my own⟳ hypersexuality has served a narcissism I dare not face⟳: a surface vanity (which must constantly be reinforced) concealing an inner doubt⟳ about my own⟳ importance as a human being.”
“For example, there are many reports of hypersexuality following traumatic brain injury to frontal regions. Although disinhibition is one common consequence of frontal lesions, not all frontal lesions will result⟳ in hypersexuality, […]”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See also
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