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Meaning of "hypersexual" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HYPERSEXUAL

hypersexual  [ˌhaɪpəˈsɛksjʊəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYPERSEXUAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hypersexual is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HYPERSEXUAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hypersexuality

Hypersexuality is extremely frequent or suddenly increased sexual urges or sexual activity. Although hypersexuality can be caused by some medical conditions or medications, in most cases the cause is unknown. Mental health problems such as bipolar disorders can give rise to hypersexuality, and alcohol and some drugs can affect social and sexual inhibitions in some people. A number of theoretical models have been used to explain or treat hypersexuality. The most common one, especially in the popular media, is the sexual addiction approach, but sexologists have not reached any consensus. Alternative explanations for the condition include compulsive and impulsive behavioral models. The International Classification of Diseases of the World Health Organization includes "Excessive Sexual Drive" —which is divided into satyriasis for males and nymphomania for females—and "Excessive Masturbation". A proposal to include a diagnosis called hypersexual disorder, simply describing the symptom without implying any specific theory, is under consideration for inclusion in the appendix of the DSM, but not in the main list of official diagnoses.

Definition of hypersexual in the English dictionary

The definition of hypersexual in the dictionary is extremely or excessively sexual or given to sexual activities.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYPERSEXUAL


ambisexual
ˌæmbɪˈsɛksjʊəl
ambosexual
ˌæmbəʊˈsɛksjʊəl
asexual
eɪˈsɛksjʊəl
bisexual
baɪˈsɛksjʊəl
contrasexual
ˌkɒntrəˈsɛksjʊəl
fauxmosexual
ˌfəʊməʊˈsɛksjʊəl
heterosexual
ˌhɛtərəʊˈsɛksjʊəl
homosexual
ˌhəʊməʊˈsɛksjʊəl
intersexual
ˌɪntəˈsɛksjʊəl
intrasexual
ˌɪntrəˈsɛksjʊəl
metrosexual
ˌmɛtrəʊˈsɛksjʊəl
nonsexual
nɒnˈsɛksjʊəl
pomosexual
ˌpəʊməʊˈsɛksjʊəl
psychosexual
ˌsaɪkəʊˈsɛksjʊəl
retrosexual
ˌrɛtrəʊˈsɛksjʊəl
sexual
ˈsɛksjʊəl
transexual
trænzˈsɛksjʊəl
transsexual
trænzˈsɛksjʊəl
ubersexual
ˈuːbəˌsɛksjʊəl
unisexual
ˌjuːnɪˈsɛksjʊəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYPERSEXUAL

hypersarcosis
hypersecretion
hypersensitisation
hypersensitise
hypersensitive
hypersensitiveness
hypersensitivity
hypersensitization
hypersensitize
hypersensual
hypersexuality
hypersomnia
hypersomnolence
hypersonic
hypersonically
hypersonics
hyperspace
hyperspatial
hyperstatic
hypersthene

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYPERSEXUAL

actual
annual
antihomosexual
antisexual
casual
dual
equal
individual
intellectual
manual
nonhomosexual
pansexual
parasexual
sociosexual
spiritual
unsexual
unusual
usual
virtual
visual

Synonyms and antonyms of hypersexual in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hypersexual» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYPERSEXUAL

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

Translator English - Chinese

纵欲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hipersexual
570 millions of speakers

English

hypersexual
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hypersexual
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

hypersexual
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гиперсексуальное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hipersexual
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hypersexual
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hypersexualité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hiperseksual
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hyper
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

性欲過剰の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hypersexual
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hiperseksual
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hypersexual
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hypersexual
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अत्यंत अलौकिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hypersexual
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hypersexual
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hypersexual
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гіперсексуальний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hypersexual
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερσεξουαλικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hypersexual
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hyper
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hyper
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hypersexual

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPERSEXUAL»

The term «hypersexual» is regularly used and occupies the 59.984 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPERSEXUAL» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYPERSEXUAL»

Discover the use of hypersexual in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hypersexual and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Hypersexual Society: Sexual Discourse, Erotica, and ...
America today is a hypersexual society.
Kenneth C.W. Kammeyer, 2013
2
International Perspectives on the Assessment and Treatment ...
There is agreement however on the importance of hypersexual desire as an important risk factor for sexual recidivism (Hanson & Morton-Bourgon, 2004). Initially, Kafka defined hypersexuality in terms of quantity of sexual desires without ...
Douglas P. Boer, Dr Reinhard Eher, Leam A. Craig, 2011
3
Clinical Addiction Psychiatry
The combination of increased sex drive and reduced inhibitions often results in compulsive, hypersexual behaviors that may include, for example, obsessive viewing of pornography, compulsive masturbation, HIV-risky sexual encounters with ...
David Brizer, Ricardo Castaneda, 2010
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The Psychiatric Persuasion: Knowledge, Gender, and Power in ...
THE HYPERSEXUAL FEMALE, the willfully passionate woman who could not control her desire for sexual pleasure, quickly emerged as a central player in Psychopathic Hospital psychiatrists' drama of the everyday. Attractive, high- spirited ...
Elizabeth Lunbeck, 1995
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Translating Psychological Research Into Practice
Exploring psychopathology, personality traits, and marital distress among women married to hypersexual men. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, 9(3), 203–222. Reid, R. C., Carpenter, B. N., Gilliland, R., & Karim, R. (2011). Problems  ...
Lisa Grossman, Steven Walfish, PhD, 2013
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Sexuality Across the Life Course
The acquisition of the hypersexual role is particularly tragic for black male adolescents. The hypersexual dynamic is that, the greater the exposure to the generalized other's cultural expectation of hypersexuality and the greater the sense of ...
Alice S. Rossi, 1999
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Clinical Handbook of Adolescent Addiction
substance use disorders and gambling. Another general distinction is that paraphilias indicate deviant sexual attraction toward a socially unacceptable behavior or object, and sexual addiction or hypersexual disorder generally indicates more ...
Richard Rosner, 2012
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Advances in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Research and ...
According to news reporting originating in Los Angeles, California, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “The basis of hypersexual behavior among patients with dementia is not entirely clear. Hypersexual behavior may be a particular ...
‎2013
9
The Roles of Shame and Guilt in Hypersexual Behavior
This study adds an additional element to the story by empirically demonstrating that shame and guilt have opposing relationships with hypersexuality and motivation for change.
Randy Gilliland, 2010
10
Women and Health in America: Historical Readings
12 "A New Generation of Women": Progressive Psychiatrists and the Hypersexual Female Elizabeth Lunbeck 247. In the early years of the twentieth century a number of prominent American psychiatrists identified the hypersexual female, the ...
Judith Walzer Leavitt, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYPERSEXUAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hypersexual is used in the context of the following news items.
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Emmys Inch Toward Diversity With Noms for Black Actresses …
Davis, who plays the hypersexual law professor Annalise Keating in the Shonda Rhimes thriller, has said that the role as “healed” her and ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
2
How Lynn Tilton Went From Company Savior to SEC Target …
While most women at major banks chopped off their hair and loaded up on boxy suits, Tilton cultivated a flamboyant, hypersexual persona, ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
3
When We Fail To Ask Why: Sexually Abused Girls Funneled into …
... girls” who are “hypersexual” instead of recognizing and understanding their behaviors as responses to gender-based violence and trauma. «Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, Jul 15»
4
Obsession with Serena's body image called racist and contradictory
"That has long, long echoes in the ways that African-American women's bodies have been commodified and perceived as hypersexual," she ... «Waterloo Record, Jul 15»
5
The porn addiction problem - redeyechicago.com
Although a proposed hypersexual disorder category was considered for inclusion in the American Psychiatric Association's 2013 fifth edition of ... «RedEye Chicago, Jul 15»
6
It's Back to Camp for 'Wet Hot' Stars
The raunchily titled comedy spoofed the hypersexual teen movies of the '80s.' Wet Hot was a sleeper hit that gained a cult following after its ... «Cincinnati CityBeat, Jul 15»
7
Outdated HIV laws treat every poz person like attempted murderers …
“These laws feed into stereotypes that assume Black gay men are irresponsible and hypersexual. For you, your accusers saw your Black and ... «Gay News Network, Jul 15»
8
Will I Ever Enjoy Sex Again?
I can see clearly now, in retrospect, that I reacted to this trauma by becoming extremely promiscuous and hypersexual. Both of these things can ... «Cosmopolitan.com, Jul 15»
9
How do common medications influence moral decisions?
However, as our study was carried out in healthy people, it does not show that levodopa is linked to gambling addictions and hypersexual ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
Op-ed: Stop Slut-Shaming Marc Jacobs, Gay Cruising
The history of sexually transmitted infections in our community is one that has painted us as hypersexual and also sexually loose. But what is ... «Advocate.com, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Hypersexual [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hypersexual>. Apr 2024 ».
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