hypersexuality
hypersexuality noun: excessive desire for sexual activity, especially when considered high enough to be clinically significant.
Noun
hypersexuality (usually uncountable, plural hypersexualities)
- Excessive desire for sexual activity, especially when considered high enough to be clinically significant.
- Is promiscuity a cover for an underlying despair? Perhaps my own hypersexuality has served a narcissism I dare not face: a surface vanity (which must constantly be reinforced) concealing an inner doubt about my own importance as a human being.1983 August 13, Richard Royal, “AIDS and Promiscuity”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 5, page 6
- For example, there are many reports of hypersexuality following traumatic brain injury to frontal regions. Although disinhibition is one common consequence of frontal lesions, not all frontal lesions will result in hypersexuality, […]2010, Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 96
- Antonyms:
- hyposexuality
hypersexuality meaning in Vietnamese
hypersexuality in Vietnamese
- extreme libido
- chứng cuồng dâm
Antonyms of hypersexuality
Forms of hypersexuality
| plural | hypersexualities |
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Origin of hypersexuality
From hyper- + sexuality.
Questions about hypersexuality
- What does hypersexuality mean?
- Hypersexuality means excessive desire for sexual activity, especially when considered high enough to be clinically significant.
- What is hypersexuality in Vietnamese?
- Hypersexuality in Vietnamese is chứng cuồng dâm. See Hypersexuality meaning in Vietnamese.
- What part of speech is hypersexuality?
- Hypersexuality is a noun.
- What is the plural of hypersexuality?
- The plural of hypersexuality is hypersexualities.
Words near hypersexuality in the dictionary
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