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Definition of onanism noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

onanism

noun
 
/ˈəʊnənɪzəm/
 
/ˈəʊnənɪzəm/
[uncountable] (formal)
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  1. masturbation the act of giving yourself or another person sexual pleasure by rubbing the sexual organs
  2. an act of sexual intercourse in which the man removes his penis from the woman’s body before he ejaculates, in order to prevent the woman from becoming pregnant synonym coitus interruptus
  3. Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French onanisme or modern Latin onanismus, from the biblical name Onan (Genesis 38:9), who practised coitus interruptus.
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