genitality en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English genital Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English genitality From genital + -ity.
Meanings
- (uncountable) In psychoanalytic theory, the part of sexuality that relates to the genitalia.
- (uncountable) In Reichian psychoanalysis, the integrated function of the entire sexual apparatus; as opposed to pregenitality, neurosis. Note that in this use, sexuality oriented on the genitalia may not by itself constitute genitality, i.e. phallicism would be considered a pregenitally functioning sexuality.
- (uncountable) The ability to attain erotic sensation in the genitalia.
Deriveds
heterogenitality · homogenitality
Relateds
genital · genitally · genitalia
Translations (5)
sv genitalitet (genitality) · da genitalitet (genitality) · fr génitalité (genitality) · it genitalità (genitality) · no genitalitet (genitality)