nymphomania
pronunciation
How to pronounce nymphomania in British English:
UK [ˌnimfəˈmeiniə]
How to pronounce nymphomania in American English:
US [ˌnɪmfəˈmeniə, -ˈmenjə]
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- Noun:
- abnormally intense sexual desire in women
Word Origin
- nymphomania (n.)
- 1775, in English translation of "Nymphomania, or a Dissertation Concerning the Furor Uterinus," by French doctor M.D.T. Bienville, coined from Greek nymphe "bride" (see nymph) + mania "madness" (see mania). Perhaps influenced by earlier French nymphomanie. Defined as "a female disease characterized by morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire." Compare also nympholepsy.
Example
- 1. The lawyer tried to argue that nymphomania is a medical condition .
- 2. Remember , masturbation , promiscuity , homosexuality and nymphomania were once classified as psychiatric diseases too .
- 3. Detract from the fact that zongyao generation has the similar good lecherous " nymphomania , " the extent of the disease , even in the face of no tax increases to cover up the emperor , the spirit of this phenomenon is a phenomenon in the end , or a simple physical phenomenon ?