masturbation
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- noun
- /ˌmæstərˈbeɪʃən/
- Offensive
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masturbación
- By age 16, a majority of the present sample had reported masturbation behavior at least once.
- mutual masturbation
- frequency of masturbation
- masturbation and sex
I am coming into five days of no masturbation, no pornography.
- I am coming into five days of no masturbation, no pornography.
- I'm off of masturbation so that has been nice.
- Because again, there's this, there's this idea that masturbation somehow depletes you.
- So I have to think, well, I don't know if we talked about masturbation in those meetings.
- Like no masturbation, no alcohol, no drugs, no sugar, no meat.
- And then masturbation habits end up having to be discussed, right?
- By the way, I've still, I've kept up my celibacy of no masturbation.
- Onanism was the term used for masturbation.
Examples
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Most sperm samples are produced by masturbation In the laboratory.
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Meanwhile, new study says that abstaining from masturbation raises your risk of anxiety and depression.
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I know some parents discuss masturbation with their with their kids.
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How can a guy's masturbation technique impact their sex life?
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All six hypothesized associations between female masturbation and sexual behavior with partners were supported.
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The best results seem to be obtained through fantasization, accompanied by masturbation, followed by ejaculation.
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Many young adults feel comfortable discussing masturbation as a normal part of human sexuality.
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Research shows that understanding masturbation can help individuals improve their sexual health.
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For some people, masturbation can be a healthy way to explore their own desires.
Synonyms
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The act of touching your own private parts for sexual pleasure
Touching your own private parts for sexual pleasure
To touch your own private parts to get sexual pleasure
Touching your own body to feel sexual pleasure
Compounds
- Offensive
Long, pointless thinking or talking that only shows off knowledge
How Intense
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Surface Forms
Morphology
masturbation = masturbate (transparent) = masturbate + ion
A straightforward nominalization from the verb 'masturbate' using the productive suffix '-ion', so the noun's meaning is directly derived.
Etymology
Masturbation comes from the Latin word masturbare, but experts are not fully sure where that older word came from. A helpful way to remember it is to think of Latin manu 'hand', as in manual, because masturbation often uses the hand for 'sexual pleasure'.