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pseudorapes

pseudorapes is the plural of pseudorape.

Meaning of pseudorape

Noun

pseudorape (countable and uncountable, plural pseudorapes)

  1. A sexual act in which a person pretends to rape another.
    • Crazed romantic that he is, he barges into her apartment for a friendly pseudorape that she enjoys but that puts them both in jeopardy. Ultimately she proves she's not completely heartless with one risky act.2004 September 17, Stephen Holden, “Glittery Glamour and Idealism Do Battle in World War II Europe”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
  2. An act that appears to be rape but in fact is not.
    • […] the woman […] arouses an invisible mob to defend her pristine virtue and punish a "reckless black eyeballer" instead of the white companion who actually abused her. […] The apache in the pseudorape scene had appeared in Windy City (1947); […]1994, Genevieve Fabre, Robert O'Meally, History and Memory in African-American Culture, page 201

Questions about pseudorapes

What is pseudorapes the plural of?
Pseudorapes is the plural of pseudorape.

Words near pseudorapes in the dictionary

  1. pseudorandomly
  2. pseudorandomness
  3. pseudorange
  4. pseudoranges
  5. pseudorape
  6. pseudorapes
  7. pseudoraphe
  8. pseudoraphes
  9. pseudorapidities
  10. pseudorapidity
  11. pseudoratiometric

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