dominatrix en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Latin dominātrīx. By surface analysis, dominate + -trix.
Meanings
- A dominating woman; a female dominator.
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A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices.
But even as movies depicting successful madams, freelance hookers, and dominatrices were celebrating prostitution as a marketplace expression of the new sexual freedom, doubts were emerging, a backlash growing.
2006, Russell Campbell, Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema, page 226:I've always maintained that the dominatrix is as much a misogynistic caricature as the virginal, asexual "good" girl or the disgusting "nymphomaniac/slut." The so-called dominant woman is a dark, eerie version of the woman on a pedestal.
2010, H. A. Carson, A Roaring Girl: An Interview with the Thinking Man's Hooker, page 134:Shadowy masked dominatrixes in stiletto-heeled hip boots snap commands and whips with equal fury.
2003, Lora Shaner, Madam: Inside a Nevada Brothel, page 296:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dominatrices | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| dominatrixes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (11)
sv dominatris (A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices) · fr dominatrice (A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices) · de Domina (A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices) · ka დომინანტი ქალი (A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices) · fr dominatrice (A dominating woman; a female dominator) · sv domina (A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices) · fr domina (A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices) · sv dominatrix (A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices) · fi domina (A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices) · pl domina (A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices) · mk до́мина (A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)