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phallusy en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of phallus + fallacy.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) An erection-related myth.
    • Freud's view of women was based upon what might be termed a "phallusy." Like Aristotle, Freud believed that a woman is an incomplete man, "un homme manqué." 2002, Robert S. McElvaine, Eve's Seed: Biology, the Sexes, and the Course of History, page 256:

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