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sexaholism

sexaholism noun: an addiction to sex.

Noun

sexaholism (uncountable)

  1. An addiction to sex.
    • Patrick Carnes says sexaholism transcend personality, gender, and socio-economic status and lists three levels of addiction in his book, "Out of the Shadows."2005, Sexaholism: The Closet Addiction http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=1367&id=16843, Niki Collins-Queen.
    • Sexaholism, as defined in this paper, is viewed from the perspective of a case study, portrayed as a paradigm.2006, Sexaholism: A Perspective http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a742021601~db=all~jumptype=rss, Samadhi Carol Longo-Disse. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, Volume 13, Issue 1 January...

Origin of sexaholism

From sex + -aholism, imitating alcoholism.

Questions about sexaholism

What does sexaholism mean?
Sexaholism means an addiction to sex.
What part of speech is sexaholism?
Sexaholism is a noun.

Words near sexaholism in the dictionary

  1. sexagons
  2. sexahedron
  3. sexahedrons
  4. sexaholic
  5. sexaholics
  6. sexaholism
  7. sexalicious
  8. sexameter
  9. sexameters
  10. sexangle
  11. sexangled

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