Dictionary

troilism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈtɹɔɪlɪz(ə)m/ (UK)

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The practice of two people having sex while a third person watches (and may or may not take part).
   • Although historically troilism has been conceptualized as a form of voyeurism, […] in cases of troilism the sexual partners are typically aware that they are being observed. 2008, D. Richard Laws, William T. O'Donohue, Sexual Deviance: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment, Guilford Press, →ISBN, page 410:
   • Troilism is primarily a male problem, but one case of a woman who watched her husband have intercourse with a young girl has been reported in the literature (Smith, 1976). 1981, William H. Gotwald, Gale Holtz Golden, Sexualidad: la experiencia humana, Prentice Hall:
   • These various strands are frequently interwoven in Banville's many glimpses, glancing hints, and full scenes of troilism. 2006, Irish University Review:
2. (uncountable) The practice of three people having sex, i.e. having threesomes.
   • The woman wants to censor us, Hill. If she had her way, all we'd show would be Andy bloody Pandy, and she'd stop him climbing into that basket with Looby Lou - let alone Teddy - lest some child be corrupted by the whiff of puppet troilism. And bestiality, I suppose - or would it be bestiality with a teddy bear... rather than a real bear? 2008, Hugh Carleton Greene, portrayed by Hugh Bonneville in Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story, on his exasperation at Mary Whitehouse's (Julie Walters) attempts to remove any material deemed mildly offensive from BBC TV
   • Now if it's true, as I believe, that every woman has a bit of a lesbian streak, or at least curiosity, then it follows that the ideal way to satisfy it is with troilism — making love with two girls and a man. I've tried it myself and I know. 1972, Penthouse:

Forms

Coordinates

twosome · fivesome · foursome

Deriveds

troilistic · troilist

Relateds

swinging · ménage à trois · threesome