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Meaning of "nymphomania" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NYMPHOMANIA

New Latin, from Greek numphē nymph + -mania.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NYMPHOMANIA

nymphomania  [ˌnɪmfəˈmeɪnɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NYMPHOMANIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nymphomania 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 NYMPHOMANIA 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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NYMPHOMANIA


Anglomania
ˌæŋɡləʊˈmeɪnɪə
bibliomania
ˌbɪblɪəʊˈmeɪnɪə
decalcomania
dɪˌkælkəˈmeɪnɪə
dipsomania
ˌdɪpsəʊˈmeɪnɪə
egomania
ˌiːɡəʊˈmeɪnɪə
erotomania
ɪˌrɒtəʊˈmeɪnɪə
hypomania
ˌhaɪpəʊˈmeɪnɪə
kleptomania
ˌklɛptəʊˈmeɪnɪə
leishmania
liːʃˈmeɪnɪə
mania
ˈmeɪnɪə
megalomania
ˌmɛɡələʊˈmeɪnɪə
melomania
ˌmɛləˈmeɪnɪə
monomania
ˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪə
pyromania
ˌpaɪrəʊˈmeɪnɪə
Romania
rəʊˈmeɪnɪə
Roumania
ruːˈmeɪnɪə
Rumania
ruːˈmeɪnɪə
Tasmania
tæzˈmeɪnɪə
technomania
ˌtɛknəʊˈmeɪnɪə
zoomania
ˌzəʊəˈmeɪnɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NYMPHOMANIA

nymphaea
nymphaeaceous
nymphaeum
nymphal
nymphalid
nymphean
nymphet
nymphetic
nymphic
nymphical
nymphish
nymphlike
nymphly
nympho
nympholepsies
nympholepsy
nympholept
nympholeptic
nymphomaniac
nymphomaniacal

WORDS THAT END LIKE NYMPHOMANIA

cleptomania
demonomania
dinomania
eleutheromania
graphomania
hydromania
hypermania
hysteromania
Lithuania
metromania
morphinomania
mythomania
necromania
Obamamania
orchidomania
petalomania
potichomania
theomania
toxicomania
tulipomania
xenomania

Synonyms and antonyms of nymphomania in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nymphomania» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NYMPHOMANIA

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

Translator English - Chinese

色情狂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ninfomanía
570 millions of speakers

English

nymphomania
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निम्फ़ोमानिया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشهوة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нимфомания
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ninfomania
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্ত্রীলোকের কামোন্মাদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nymphomanie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nymphomania
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nymphomanie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

女子色情症
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

으만 증
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nymphomania
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chứng hay động đực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெண்ணின் இயற்கைக்கும் மீறிய காம வெறி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अप्सरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

seks düşkünlüğü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ninfomania
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nymphomania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

німфоманія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nimfomanie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νυμφομανίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nymfomanie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nymphomania
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nymfomani
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nymphomania

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NYMPHOMANIA»

The term «nymphomania» is regularly used and occupies the 64.288 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NYMPHOMANIA» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NYMPHOMANIA»

Discover the use of nymphomania in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nymphomania and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Nymphomania: A History
"A knowledgeable, tightly constructed piece of scholarship."--Washington Post Book World
Carol Groneman, 2001
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Deviant Bodies: Critical Perspectives on Difference in ...
32 These new psychodynamic theories opened the way for an understanding of nymphomania as a symptom of a disordered psyche rather than as a biological disease. But they also allowed for a new interpretation of appropriate female ...
Jennifer Terry, Jacqueline L. Urla, 1995
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The Homoeopathic Treatment of the Diseases of Females, and ...
NYMPHOMANIA. ' SECTION 50. SYMPTOMs.—Authors are exceedingly divided in opinion concerning the character of this affection, which consists in an excessive excitement of the sexual desire in females; some confound it entirely with ...
Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr, 1856
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Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy
... from data found by other authors. Several of them (4, 16, 28, 33) found nymphomania symptoms in 8.3-37.9% of COD cases. Roberts (31) assessed nymphomania symptoms in 73.6% of cows affected with COD, and anoestrus in about 25%.
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Sex, Religion, and the Making of Modern Madness : The ...
For a study of the application of a more recent psychiatric version of nymphomania — hypersexuality — to working-class women at the end of the nineteenth century, see Lunbeck, "New Generation," FS (1987). 4. The earliest histories of ...
Riverside Ann Goldberg Assistant Professor of History University of California, 1999
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The European Women's History Reader
from XTHE EBERBACH ASYLUM AND THE PRACTICE(S) OF NYMPHOMANIA IN GERMANY, 1815- 1849', Journal of Women's History, 9, 4 Winter 1998, pp. 35- 48 IN THE EBERBACH CASE H ISTORIES, it was nymphomania, not hysteria, ...
Fiona Montgomery, Christine Collette, 2002
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Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia
NYMPHOMANIA The word "nymphomania" is derived from the Greek and literally means "bride madness." The Oxford English Dittionary defines it as "a feminine disease characterized by morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire." Setting the ...
Vern L. Bullough, Bonnie Bullough, 2014
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Medicolegal Aspects of Moral Offenses
It is, if you will, an attack of acute delirium of nymphomaniac form, and in any case constitutes something very special in the history of nymphomania, as easily distinguishable from the periodic nymphomania of the psychoses, — mentioned ...
Léon Henri Thoinot, 1911
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The Female Prescriber
(Excessive Sexual Desire) Didc. 1 M— Recommended in slighter forms of nym- phomania when associated with heat, itching and herpetic eruptions about the genitals— Dr. GUERNSEY. Hyos. 200— (a) Of great use in nymphomania where  ...
P.S. Kamthan, 2004
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Homeopathic Psychology: Personality Profiles of the Major ...
Keynotes: Hysteria, pride, nymphomania Xlatina is a rare constitutional type, known in homeopathic circles principally for its sexual obsession. I have seen only a handful of Platina individuals, hence the following description is necessarily ...
Philip M. Bailey, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NYMPHOMANIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nymphomania is used in the context of the following news items.
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Do men keep controlling women through shame?
... example, such women are customarily depicted as suffering from psychological problems – nymphomania, hysteria, depression or madness. «Haaretz, Jul 15»
2
PTSD Has Long Term Physical Effects On Women, Study Finds
While the gravest of these types of behavior might include episodes of nymphomania and taking up activities that can cause an adrenaline rush ... «The Silver Ink, Jun 15»
3
The Crazy History of Uterine Fury
Nymphomania became a medicalized disease in the 19th century, and the diagnosis was liberally applied. There was malarial nymphomania, ... «Pacific Standard, Jun 15»
4
Stanford's second annual Sex Week features 'Best Sex Ever …
... talk by Sex Week's Laci Green called “Best Sex Ever,” and a screening of the film “Nymphomania.” Not to mention, on Tuesday there was the ... «The College Fix, May 15»
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SHPRC hosts Sex Week
Although the film screening of “Nymphomania” was also held during last year's Sex Week and two of this year's speakers came to Stanford last ... «The Stanford Daily, May 15»
6
The Strange and Lasting Comedy Genius of the Kids in the Hall
... it was hard to tell whether she was most unsettling for her half-poultry appearance or her wild nymphomania. McKinney truly inhabited her, ... «Vulture, May 15»
7
Apparently Venezuela Suffers From Fiscal Nymphomania
That's the comment from an ex-minister in the current regime of Nicolas Maduro, that the country suffers from “fiscal nymphomania”. Myself ... «Forbes, Apr 15»
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Venezuela steps up nationalist rhetoric
The country, which sits on the largest oil reserves in the world, suffers from “fiscal nymphomania”. Venezuela's economy is forecast to shrink by ... «Financial Times, Apr 15»
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Story Of Woman Who Developed Nymphomania After Muni Accident …
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — One of the City's most bizarre sex scandals involving a devout Lutheran girl-turned-nymphomaniac is now a ... «KRON 4, Jan 15»
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CRAIG BROWN: Raging nymphomania on the Airbus A340 and how …
With nothing to do on a flight except guzzle, worry and stare, one's eyes are inexorably drawn to the young lady in the tight costume and ... «Daily Mail, Jun 14»

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