hypersexuality en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās New Latin sexuālitāslbor. English sexuality English hypersexuality From hyper- + sexuality.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Excessive desire for sexual activity, especially when considered high enough to be clinically significant.
Is promiscuity a cover for an underlying despair? Perhaps my own hypersexuality has served a narcissism I dare not face: a surface vanity (which must constantly be reinforced) concealing an inner doubt about my own importance as a human being.
1983 August 13, Richard Royal, “AIDS and Promiscuity”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 5, page 6:For example, there are many reports of hypersexuality following traumatic brain injury to frontal regions. Although disinhibition is one common consequence of frontal lesions, not all frontal lesions will result in hypersexuality, […]
2010, Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 96:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hypersexualities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Translations (12)
et hüperseksuaalsus (extreme libido) · es hipersexualidad (extreme libido) · ru гиперсексуа́льность (extreme libido) · vi chứng cuồng dâm (extreme libido) · pt hipersexualidade (extreme libido) · fr hypersexualité (extreme libido) · cmn 性慾亢進 /性欲亢进 (extreme libido) · it ipersessualità (extreme libido) · fi hyperseksuaalisuus (extreme libido) · sv hypersexualitet (extreme libido) · ja 異常性欲 (extreme libido) · de Hypersexualität (extreme libido)