satyriasis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin satyriasis, from Ancient Greek σατυρίασις (saturíasis).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
satyriasis (usually uncountable, plural satyriases)
- Excessive sexual desire, found in a man.
- Synonyms: satyrism, satyromania
- Hypernym: hypersexuality
- Coordinate term: nymphomania
- 1920, B. G. Jefferis, J. L. Nichols, “Sexual Proprieties and Improprieties”, in Searchlights on Health[1]:
- The indulgence of illicit pleasures, says Dr. S. Pancoast, sooner or later is sure to entail the most loathsome diseases on their votaries. Among these diseases are […] Satyriasis (a species of sexual madness, or a sexual diabolism, causing men to commit rape and other beastly acts and outrages, not only on women and children, but men and animals, as sodomy, pederasty, etc.), […]
- 1998, The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by Maude Lebowski (Julianne Moore):
- It's a male myth about feminists that we hate sex. It can be a natural, zesty enterprise. But unfortunately there are some people—it is called satyriasis in men, nymphomania in women—who engage in it compulsively and without joy.
- The quality of excessive sexual passion in a male.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
uncontrollable sexual desire
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Further reading[edit]
- “satyriasis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
hypersexuality on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
satyriasis c
Usage notes[edit]
Uninflected.
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