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To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep these in parallel vigor one must exercise, study, and love.
Alan Bleasdale

Meaning of "frigidity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FRIGIDITY

frigidity  [frɪˈdʒɪdɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRIGIDITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Frigidity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FRIGIDITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hypoactive sexual desire disorder

Hypoactive sexual desire disorder is considered a sexual dysfunction and is characterized as a lack or absence of sexual fantasies and desire for sexual activity, as judged by a clinician. For this to be regarded as a disorder, it must cause marked distress or interpersonal difficulties and not be better accounted for by another mental disorder, a drug, or some other medical condition. HSDD is listed under the Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders of the DSM-IV. It was first included in the DSM-III under the name Inhibited Sexual Desire Disorder, but the name was changed in the DSM-III-R. There are various subtypes. HSDD can be general or situational, and it can be acquired or lifelong HSDD has garnered much criticism, primarily by asexual activists. They point out that HSDD puts asexuality in the same position homosexuality was from 1974-1987. Back then, the DSM recognised 'ego-dystonic homosexuality' as a disorder, defined as having sexual interest in the same sex and it causing distress.

Definition of frigidity in the English dictionary

The definition of frigidity in the dictionary is the state of being lacking in sexual responsiveness or averse to sexual intercourse. Other definition of frigidity is a state of great physical coldness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FRIGIDITY


acidity
əˈsɪdɪtɪ
algidity
ælˈdʒɪdɪtɪ
aridity
əˈrɪdɪtɪ
comorbidity
ˌkəʊmɔːˈbɪdɪtɪ
cupidity
kjuːˈpɪdɪtɪ
fluidity
fluːˈɪdɪtɪ
humidity
hjuːˈmɪdɪtɪ
hybridity
haɪˈbrɪdɪtɪ
intrepidity
ˌɪntrɪˈpɪdɪtɪ
invalidity
ˌɪnvəˈlɪdɪtɪ
liquidity
lɪˈkwɪdɪtɪ
lividity
lɪˈvɪdɪtɪ
lucidity
luːˈsɪdɪtɪ
morbidity
mɔːˈbɪdɪtɪ
placidity
pləˈsɪdɪtɪ
rapidity
rəˈpɪdɪtɪ
rigidity
rɪˈdʒɪdɪtɪ
stupidity
stjuːˈpɪdɪtɪ
turbidity
tɜːˈbɪdɪtɪ
turgidity
tɜːˈdʒɪdɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRIGIDITY

fright
fright wig
frighten
frightened
frightener
frighteners
frightening
frighteningly
frightful
frightfully
frightfulness
frightsome
frigid
Frigid Zone
frigidarium
frigidly
frigidness
frigmarole
frigorific
frigorifico

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRIGIDITY

absolute humidity
avidity
face validity
flaccidity
gravidity
hyperacidity
insipidity
modulus of rigidity
nudity
pallidity
putridity
relative humidity
solidity
specific humidity
superfluidity
timidity
torpidity
torridity
validity
viridity
viscidity

Synonyms and antonyms of frigidity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FRIGIDITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «frigidity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of frigidity

Translation of «frigidity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRIGIDITY

Find out the translation of frigidity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of frigidity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «frigidity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

性冷淡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

frigidez
570 millions of speakers

English

frigidity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ठंडक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البرود الجنسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фригидность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

frigidez
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিরাবেগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

frigidité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Frigidity
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Frigidität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不感症
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불감증
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Frigidity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vô tình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

frigidity
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कडकपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cinsel soğukluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

frigidità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oziębłość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фригідність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

frigiditate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψυχρότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koud
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

frigiditet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

frigiditet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of frigidity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRIGIDITY»

The term «frigidity» is regularly used and occupies the 76.255 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRIGIDITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about frigidity

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QUOTES WITH «FRIGIDITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word frigidity.
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Alan Bleasdale
To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep these in parallel vigor one must exercise, study, and love.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRIGIDITY»

Discover the use of frigidity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to frigidity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Frigidity: An Intellectual History
This book puts both old and new into historical context.
Peter Cryle, Alison Moore, 2011
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Sex and Society
Frigidity Traditionally, a woman has been defined as frigid if she is seen as being unwilling to engage in penetrative sex with a male partner or as receiving no physical pleasure from sex. However, frigidity is not an accepted medical term ...
‎2010
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Prescription for Heterosexuality: Sexual Citizenship in the ...
Hitschmann and Bergler, Frigidity in Women, 18. Authors who cite Bergler and/or Hitschmann include Greenhill, "Frigidity in Women;" Hummer, "Frigidity in Women ;" Brady, "Brevital-Relaxation Treatment of Frigidity;" and Munjack and Kanno, ...
Carolyn Lewis, 2010
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In Therapy We Trust: America's Obsession with Self-fulfillment
Though marriage researchers conceded that men played an important role in the problem of frigidity, they often focused on changing women's state of mind. Marriage researchers saw emotional conflict behind women's frigidity and sought to ...
Eva S. Moskowitz, 2001
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Woman: Her Sex and Love Life
Meaning of Term Frigidity—Types of Frigidity—Large Percentage of Frigid Women—Repression of SexualManifestations andFrigidity— Frigidity and Masturbation—Frigidity and Sexual Weakness of Husband— Frigidity and Dislike of ...
William J. Robinson, 2013
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Coitus Perfectus: The Medicalization of Heterosexuality in ...
15 Lowrie based this on “a sad story of this circumstance in...a childless couple” told to him by one of his colleagues. Robert J. Lowrie, M.D., “Frigidity in Women,” Western Journal of Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology 60 (September 1952), ...
Carolyn Frances Lewis, 2007
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Desiring Revolution: Second-Wave Feminism and the Rewriting ...
Their most important work on the topic of frigidity was the 1936 monograph Frigidity in Women: Its Characteristics and Treatment in which they attempted to clarify the diagnostic criteria by which a woman could be called frigid.110 The authors ...
Jane Gerhard, 2013
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Camp Sites: Sex, Politics, and Academic Style in Postwar America
“True frigidity in women” turned out to be not only “one of the most common problems in gynecology,” as Charles Freed and William Kroger observed in a 1950 paper, but one of the most eclectic. Its victims ranged from the repressed woman ...
Michael Trask, 2013
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New Sex Therapy: Active Treatment Of Sexual Dysfunctions
First Published in 1975. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Helen Singer Kaplan, 2013
10
The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir: Critical Essays
The term frigidity covers a wide range of meaning—including lacking in ardor or warmth, a marked aversion or abnormal indifference to sexuality, and a physical inability to attain orgasm. The word is, or was, usually applied to women.
Margaret A. Simons, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRIGIDITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term frigidity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Magic Mike re-make had enough beef but could have done with …
Maybe it was the tepid heating as opposed to the frigidity outside. There was no shortage of shrieking from the 900 female audience extras in ... «Manawatu Standard, Jul 15»
2
Retro Review: The Other Side of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon
As a result, Catherine remains guarded against men, to the point that in college her frigidity gets her labeled as a lesbian with the other ... «TAPinto.net, Jul 15»
3
Make an $8 Air Conditioner, and 4 More Hot Tips for Staying Cool
... says the American Grandparents Association. Not only will it cool those areas quickly, but you'll focus on the burst of frigidity, instead of the ... «Money Talks News, Jul 15»
4
US FDA set to approve flibanserin, the 'female Viagra'
That same year, 1953, Alfred Kinsey's explosive report on women's sexuality emerged, dismissing notions of widespread frigidity and finding ... «The Saturday Paper, Jul 15»
5
DVD REVIEW: "QUICK, BEFORE IT MELTS!" (1964) STARRING …
Upon arrival, Oliver's hormones win out and he starts to seduce the willing Tiara in a snowmobile (talk about sexual frigidity!). This leads to ... «Cinema Retro, Jul 15»
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NEW FURRY CRITTER: Hairy-chested crab found trolling at over …
Due to the high pressure and frigidity of the surrounding water, the temperature quickly drops off. The Kiwa tyleri must spend its days in ... «Catholic Online, Jun 15»
7
Abomination! Ladies Who Date Their Sister's Husbands
Sexual indifference and frigidity should not be given room by women in Africa no matter the conditions or circumstance, except on grounds of ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jun 15»
8
'Hoff crab' gets formal scientific name
... but clamber too far away and the animal will enter the surrounding frigidity of the Antarctic. And for this organism, that would not be survivable ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
9
Everything Everything - Get To Heaven
After this, anyone still of the mind to accuse the band of emotional frigidity will surely be won over by Warm Healer, a song channelling the spirit ... «musicOMH.com, Jun 15»
10
Soul sex classes come to Sussex
It also busts many myths about the subject of erectile dysfunction in the male and frigidity in the female and shows a way where sex can be fully ... «Littlehampton Gazette, Jun 15»

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