Onanism
Definitions
- Masturbation.
- Ejaculating outside the vagina during intercourse; (the performing of) coitus interruptus.
Equivalents
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Examples
“Hypochondriasis, hysteria, chorea, epilepsy, apoplexy, and palsy, constitute part of the list of dire maladies induced or immediately excited, by onanism and immoderate or ill-timed coition. The memory and intellectual faculties, in general, are enfeebled, and there are instances of complete⟳ idiocy, brought on by early and continued onanism, and of insanity from similar excesses later in life.”
“This photograph was far superior. A nude woman was sitting on the edge of a desk next to a globe of the world. The suggested onanism with the piece of chalk intrigued Ignatius.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See also
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