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penislessness

penislessness noun: the state of being penisless; absence of a penis.

Noun

penislessness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being penisless; absence of a penis.
    • When he discovered that his patients symbolized male power in their dreams, fantasies and symptoms with phallic images, he speculated that during their early years these women had learned to equate powerlessness—their own and that of their mothers—with penislessness.2011, Nancy McWilliams, Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, Second Edition

Origin of penislessness

From penisless + -ness.

Questions about penislessness

What does penislessness mean?
Penislessness means the state of being penisless; absence of a penis.
What part of speech is penislessness?
Penislessness is a noun.

Words near penislessness in the dictionary

  1. penised
  2. penises
  3. penishead
  4. penisish
  5. penisless
  6. penislessness
  7. penislike
  8. penisocracy
  9. peniston
  10. penistone
  11. penistones

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