self-pollution
self-pollution noun: masturbation, seen as sinful according to religious dogma.
Noun
self-pollution (uncountable)
- Masturbation, seen as sinful according to religious dogma.
- SELF-POLLUTION is that unnatural Practice by which Perſons, of either Sex, may defile their own Bodies without the Aſſiſtance of others, whilſt yielding to filthy Imaginations they endeavour to imitate, and procure to themſelves, that Senſation which God has ordered to attend the carnal Commerce of...1756, Onania: or, the heinous sin of self-pollution and all its frightful consequences (in both sexes) […] , London: H. Cooke, page 1
- The vice consists in any excitement of the genital organs produced otherwise than in the natural way. It is known by the terms, self-pollution, self-abuse, masturbation, onanism, manustupration, voluntary pollution, solitary or secret vice, and other names sufficiently explanatory.[1881, John Harvey Kellogg, Plain Facts for Old and Young
self-pollution meaning in Tamil
self-pollution in Tamil
- முட்டிமை
Origin of self-pollution
From self- + pollution.
Questions about self-pollution
- What does self-pollution mean?
- Self-pollution means masturbation, seen as sinful according to religious dogma.
- What is self-pollution in Tamil?
- Self-pollution in Tamil is முட்டிமை. See Self-pollution meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is self-pollution?
- Self-pollution is a noun.
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