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onanisms

onanisms is the plural of onanism.

Meaning of onanism

Noun

onanism (usually uncountable, plural onanisms)

  1. (dated, formal, usually) Masturbation.
    • Hypochondriasis, hysteria, chorea, epilepsy, apoplexy, and palsy, constitute part of the list of dire maladies induced or immediately excited, by onanism and immoderate or ill-timed coition. The memory and intellectual faculties, in general, are enfeebled, and there are instances of complete...1839 February, John Bell, M.D., editor, The Eclectic Journal of Medicine, volume 3, number 4, Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, page 147
  2. (dated, formal, usually) Ejaculating outside the vagina during intercourse; (the performing of) coitus interruptus.

Questions about onanisms

What is onanisms the plural of?
Onanisms is the plural of onanism.

Words near onanisms in the dictionary

  1. onahole
  2. onaholes
  3. Onam
  4. Onan
  5. onanism
  6. onanisms
  7. onanist
  8. onanistic
  9. onanistically
  10. onanists
  11. onapristone

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