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nymphomania [nim-fuh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh] ExamplesWord Origin noun Pathology.
- abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire in women.
Compare Don Juanism, satyriasis. Origin of nymphomania 1790–1800; Greek nympho- (see nymph, -o-) + -mania Related formsnym·pho·ma·ni·ac [nim-fuh-mey-nee-ak] /ˌnɪm fəˈmeɪ niˌæk/, noun, adjective Examples from the Web for nymphomania Contemporary Examples of nymphomania
But now her frigid stoicism quickly devolves into a kind of nymphomania.
C.E. Morgan: ‘Light in August’ is Faulkner’s Great American Novel
C.E. Morgan
August 16, 2012
In men, hypersexuality was traditionally called satyriasis, while similar behavior in women was described as nymphomania.
Leslie Bennetts
September 2, 2011
Historical Examples of nymphomania
In exceptional cases it may even reach the intensity of nymphomania.
William J. Robinson
Mother hysterical, with nymphomania, and deafness due to chronic otitis.
Havelock Ellis
It is a disease which corresponds to satyriasis in men, and what I said of satyriasis applies with equal force to nymphomania.
William J. Robinson
It is well known that, while satyriasis is rare, nymphomania is comparatively common.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6)
Havelock Ellis
Wichmann states that pollutions are most common in spring (being perhaps the first to make that statement), and also nymphomania.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6)
Havelock Ellis
British Dictionary definitions for nymphomania nymphomania noun
- a neurotic condition in women in which the symptoms are a compulsion to have sexual intercourse with as many men as possible and an inability to have lasting relationships with themCompare satyriasis
Derived Formsnymphomaniac, noun, adjectivenymphomaniacal (ˌnɪmfəʊməˈnaɪəkəl), adjectiveWord Origin for nymphomania C18: New Latin, from Greek numphē nymph + -mania Word Origin and History for 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.” Cf. also nympholepsy.
nymphomania in Medicine nymphomania [nĭm′fə-mā′nē-ə, -mān′yə] n.
- A disorder in which a woman exhibits extreme or obsessive desire for sexual stimulation or gratification.
Related formsnym′pho•ma′ni•ac′ (-nē-ăk′) adj. n.nym′pho•ma•ni′a•cal (-mə-nī′ə-kəl) adj. nymphomania in Culture nymphomania [(nim-fuh-may-nee-uh)]
The presence in women of abnormally powerful sexual desires.