phallusy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of phallus +‎ fallacy

Noun[edit]

phallusy (countable and uncountable, plural phallusies)

  1. An erection-related myth.
    • 2002, Robert S. McElvaine, Eve's Seed: Biology, the Sexes, and the Course of History, page 256:
      Freud's view of women was based upon what might be termed a "phallusy." Like Aristotle, Freud believed that a woman is an incomplete man, "un homme manqué."