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Meaning of "troilism" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TROILISM

Perhaps from French trois three (compare ménage à trois) + -l-, as in dualism.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TROILISM

troilism  [ˈtrɔɪlɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TROILISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Troilism 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 TROILISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of troilism in the English dictionary

The definition of troilism in the dictionary is sexual activity involving three people.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TROILISM


alcoholism
ˈælkəhɒˌlɪzəm
brachydactylism
ˌbrækɪˈdæktɪlɪzəm
capitalism
ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm
didactylism
daɪˈdæktɪlɪzəm
gargoylism
ˈɡɑːɡɔɪlɪzəm
gentilism
ˈdʒentɪlɪzəm
heterostylism
ˌhɛtərəʊˈstaɪlɪzəm
journalism
ˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
metabolism
mɪˈtæbəˌlɪzəm
nationalism
ˈnæʃənəˌlɪzəm
pentadactylism
ˌpentəˈdæktɪlɪzəm
polydactylism
ˌpɒlɪˈdæktɪlɪzəm
professionalism
prəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm
realism
ˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
socialism
ˈsəʊʃəˌlɪzəm
surrealism
səˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
symbolism
ˈsɪmbəˌlɪzəm
syndactylism
sɪnˈdæktɪlɪzəm
vandalism
ˈvændəˌlɪzəm
zygodactylism
ˌzaɪɡəʊˈdæktɪlɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TROILISM

troffer
trog
trogged
trogging
troglodyte
troglodytic
troglodytical
troglodytism
trogon
troika
troilist
troilite
Troilus
Trojan
Trojan asteroid
Trojan duck
Trojan Horse
Trojan War
troland
troll

WORDS THAT END LIKE TROILISM

automobilism
bibliophilism
devilism
fallibilism
Familism
immobilism
infantilism
mercantilism
minimalism
miserabilism
necrophilism
Negrophilism
nihilism
perfectibilism
possibilism
probabilism
pugilism
servilism
symphilism
virilism
zoophilism

Synonyms and antonyms of troilism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «troilism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TROILISM

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

Translator English - Chinese

troilism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

troilism
570 millions of speakers

English

troilism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

troilism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

troilism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

troilism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

troilism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

troilism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

troilism
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tentera
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Troilismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

troilism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

troilism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Troilism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

troilism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

troilism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टूर्सोलिझम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

troilism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

troilism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

troilism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

troilism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

troilism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

troilism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

troilism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

troilism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

troilism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of troilism

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TROILISM»

The term «troilism» is used very little and occupies the 189.120 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TROILISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «troilism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «troilism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TROILISM»

Discover the use of troilism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to troilism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Insatiable Wives: Women Who Stray and the Men Who Love Them
Troilism was originally described in 1940s medical texts as the act of watching one's spouse in sexual relations with another, and noted that this sometimes occurred when the watcher was hidden. It's noteworthy that at the time, troilism was ...
David J. Ley, 2009
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Troilism
From back cover : " ... explores the rapidly spreading American practice of sexual love for threesomes, with emphasis both on so-called 'permanent' arrangements, and casual, one-night affairs for people who simply think 'it's more fun with ...
Roger Blake, 1967
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The Bi-sexuality of Daniel Defoe: A Psychoanalytic Survey of ...
By conjuring up this tale of troilism early in the novel, Defoe was creating a template determining the shape and content of the whole work. Troilism afforded him a multitude of opportunities for fantasising which were unavailable, or limited, in a ...
Leo Abse, 2006
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The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures ...
Troilism. tThc Wild Eye (1968) F6.5576 tThe Pirates of Blood River The Ghost and Mr. Chicken tGenghis Khan (1965) fThe Huns (1962) F6.1775 Travel agents (1962) F6.3828 (1966) F6.1793 { Last of the Renegades F6.2303 tPassport to ...
Kenneth White Munden, 1997
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Urban Sociology
There is a psychological abnormality known as troilism. A husband who suffers troilism wishes to watch her wife submitting to the embraces of another man, sometimes he wants another woman to embrace his wife sexually and at the same ...
N. Jayapalan, 2013
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The Broken Shore
Helen of Troilism.' 'Of what?' 'Troilism. Threesomes.' Leon was admiring the crema on his creation. 'Try under T in the cop manual. It's probably a crime in Queensland. She's standing in Cromarty for Bobby's all-purpose party?' 'You see that ...
Peter Temple, 2011
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What's Who?: A Dictionary of Things Named After People and ...
TRILBY (See FEDORA) [560] TROILISM Sometimes wrongly but understandably known as triolism, TROILISM is a form of sexual activity involving three persons, one of whom is a spectator. It takes its name from Shakespeare's Troilus and ...
Roger Jones, 2009
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Serial Murderers and their Victims
One subcategory of voyeurism is mixoscopia or troilism, or the sexual arousal from seeing oneself in sexual scenes. This includes taking photographs of nude victims, which sometimes include the offender. A few sexual predators whose ...
Eric W. Hickey, 2012
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English Studies in Canada
psychological, and artistic forms is far from accidental and constitutes part of a sort of programme. First, I shall outline the significance of his thrice-recurring motif of troilism or 'three-in- a-bed'. Second, I am interested in the purposes of ...
‎1999
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
... character) Deanna Troi (Fictitious character) Troides (May Subd Geog) [QL561. P2] UF Birdwing butterflies BT Papilionidae Troilism USE Group sex Troilite (May Subd Geog) BT Sulphide minerals Troilite ores (May Subd Geog) [TN538.
Library of Congress, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TROILISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term troilism is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Car Man Is An Evocative Blend Of Thuggery And Buggery
There's male nudity almost from the off and an orgy scene in the first half sees simulated copulation of many varieties (including a touch of troilism, but with the ... «Londonist, Jul 15»
2
The week in TV: Mad Men; 1864; Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell …
... all tie-dyes and toenails and troilism, to deal with some of those snakes. And he melted: first, coiling below the camp's pay phone for hours in foetal position; ... «The Guardian, May 15»
3
A gentleman's guide to threesomes
Well, in troilism, this comes to the fore. Not that you necessarily need a hand on either party at all times, more that the marvellous panoply of being made to ... «GQ.com, May 15»
4
It's the return of House of Cards – but where can Frank go now?
... top – he's now in the Oval Office – already pushed a reporter under a subway train, engineered the suicide of a congressman and enjoyed a bout of troilism. «The Guardian, Feb 15»
5
How A Jewish Pride Night Is Helping Reconcile Identities
Re a typology of diversity in sexuality, where do troilism, pederasty, zoophilia, onanism, sadism, masochism, exhibitionism, voyeurism, candaulism and ... «New Matilda, Jan 15»
6
Dear World . . . Love, Ireland
We'd just about learned to unravel a condom when you started peddling vajazzles and Brazilians and green tea and troilism and speed-dating and selfies, and ... «Irish Times, Mar 14»
7
The Spectator's Notes: In the radical 1970s, logic was on the side of …
Nowadays, we are encouraged to abhor paedophilia, but celebrate homosexuality, and smile genially on sadomasochism, troilism, coprophilia, extreme ... «Spectator.co.uk, Mar 14»
8
Prince: Strutting With the New Soul Monarch – a classic from the vaults
Among other topics, the album deals with oral sex, troilism and incest. It also concerns itself with direct political matter, however; Dirty Mind climaxes with the ... «The Guardian, Aug 13»
9
My Poetry Competition Tactics
... is brutally shot in the back, a buffalo snorts in his face, The Good Thief and The Bad Thief hang on their crosses and the poem ends with a hint of troilism. «Huffington Post UK, Oct 12»
10
Sylvia Kristel interview
The pleasure-seeking Emmanuelle joins the 'mile-high club', engages in some soft-core fumbling with two other women and is initiated into troilism by the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 12»

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