Dictionary

phallic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈfælɪk/

Etymology

Etymology tree English phallus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English phallic From phallus (“penis”) + -ic.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Relating to, or characteristic of the penis.
   • The natural rhythm of the male is a phallic one of rise and fall, whether it involves towers, stock markets, or whole civilizations. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 128:
   • A little later the phallic explanation of everything came into fashion. The deities were all polite names for the organs and powers of procreation. 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 10:
2. (not-comparable) Shaped like an erect human penis.
   • For many first-time visitors, a common initial impression of the Washington Monument is that it is incredibly phallic. 1993, Joseph Downton, Washington D.C.: An Alternative Guide, page T-221:
   • My mother has a very phallic salt shaker.
   • The incinerator and a big smoke stack / It's a phallic symbol and it makes me laugh 2005, Mother Mother, “Verbatim”:
3. (not-comparable) Relating to or exhibiting masculine or patriarchal traits, seen metaphorically as seated in the male genitalia.
   • Opposing the war in El Salvador and opposing the phallic aggression everywhere. 1990 April 14, Jeremy Grainger, Read Weaver, “You Don't Gotta!”, in Gay Community News, page 8:

Coordinates

peniform · penile

Deriveds

ectophallic · macrophallic · triphallic · phallicity · phallicism · phallicist · phallicize · nonphallic · unphallic · polyphallic · antiphallic · phallicness · periphallic · endophallic · dolichophallic · megalophallic · diphallic · phallically · pseudophallic

Relateds

yonic · vulvar · phallus

Synonyms

ithyphallic · priapic · penislike · phalliform

Translations (31)

fi fallinen (Translations) · de phallisch (Translations) · it fallico (Translations) · cs falický (Translations) · pt fálico (Translations) · he פאלי (Translations) · ja 男根の (Translations) · fi fallos- (Translations) · la phallicus (Translations) · es fálico (Translations) · pl falliczny (Translations) · ru фалли́ческий (Translations) · oc fallic (Translations) · ro falic (Translations) · ast fálicu (Translations) · af falliese (Translations) · fr phallique (Translations) · sv fallisk (Translations) · ar قَضِيبِيّ (Translations) · he פאלית (Translations) · da fallisk (Translations) · tr fallik (Translations) · hu fallikus (Translations) · bg фалически (Translations) · el φαλλικό (Translations) · no fallisk (Translations) · nl fallisch (Translations) · ja 陰茎の (Translations) · ca fàl·lic (Translations) · ko 남근의 (Translations) · gl fálico (Translations)