ONANISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does onanism mean? 

• ONANISM (noun)
  The noun ONANISM has 2 senses:

1. manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure

2. a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation

  Familiarity information: ONANISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONANISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

masturbation; onanism

Hypernyms ("onanism" is a kind of...):

autoeroticism; autoerotism (using you own body as a sexual object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "onanism"):

self-abuse; self-stimulation (manual stimulation of your own genital organ for sexual pleasure)

frottage (masturbation by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd))

hand job; jacking off; jerking off; wank (slang for masturbation)

Derivation:

onanist (a person who practices masturbation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

coitus interruptus; onanism; pulling out; withdrawal; withdrawal method

Hypernyms ("onanism" is a kind of...):

birth control; birth prevention; family planning (limiting the number of children born)