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PENIS ENVY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does penis envy mean? 

PENIS ENVY (noun)
  The noun PENIS ENVY has 1 sense:

1. (psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininityplay

  Familiarity information: PENIS ENVY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PENIS ENVY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("penis envy" is a kind of...):

enviousness; envy (a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another)

Domain category:

analysis; depth psychology; psychoanalysis (a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud)


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