dominatrix

English

Etymology

From Latin dominatrix

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdɒmɪˈneɪtɹɪks/

Noun

dominatrix (plural dominatrices or dominatrixes)

1. A dominating woman; a female dominator.
2. A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices.
   • 2003, Lora Shaner, Madam: Inside a Nevada Brothel (page 296)

     Shadowy masked dominatrixes in stiletto-heeled hip boots snap commands and whips with equal fury.

   • 2006, Russell Campbell, Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema (page 226)

     But even as movies depicting successful madams, freelance hookers, and dominatrices were celebrating prostitution as a marketplace expression of the new sexual freedom, doubts were emerging, a backlash growing.

   • 2010, H. A. Carson, A Roaring Girl: An Interview with the Thinking Man's Hooker (page 134)

     I've always maintained that the dominatrix is as much a misogynistic caricature as the virginal, asexual "good" girl or the disgusting "nymphomaniac/slut." The so-called dominant woman is a dark, eerie version of the woman on a pedestal.

Synonyms

• domina
• domme

Derived terms

• humiliatrix

Translations

A dominating woman; a female dominator

• French: dominatrice (fr) f

A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices

• Finnish: domina (fi)
• French: domina (fr), dominatrice (fr)

• German: Domina (de) f

Anagrams

• admonitrix

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do.mi.na.ˈtriks/
• Hyphenation: do‧mi‧na‧trix

Noun

dominatrix f (plural dominatrixes)

1. dominatrix

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Spanish

Noun

dominatrix f (plural dominatrix)

1. dominatrix