rhythm method
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- noun
- /ˈrɪðəm ˈmɛθəd/
- NSFW
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método del ritmo
- Similarly, those who limited partners to one or a few appeared to put greater reliance on the rhythm method.
- rhythm method of birth control
Examples
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For five years, my first wife and I practiced the rhythm method of birth control.
Fiction book (1992) -
Instead, he issued an encyclical restating that only a natural "rhythm" method was morally permissible and in harmony with human reason.
Academic text (2014) -
- Oh, I prefer the rhythm method.
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She went to her parish priest, Father Mac, who instructed her in the rhythm method.
Fiction book (2001) -
They use the pull-out rhythm method of birth control since they both considered sex with condoms no better than not doing it at all.
Fiction book (2000) -
As far as Mary's parents had been concerned, the rhythm method was the only acceptable form of birth control. Mary thought it was a miracle that she only had three siblings instead of a dozen.
Fiction book (2002) -
The only methods acceptable are abstinence or the rhythm method (which Bill calls "Vatican roulette").
Academic text (2009) -
To please her boyfriend, she used contraceptives irregularly in subsequent sexual encounters, switching between condoms, withdrawal, and the rhythm method.
Academic text (2006) -
The body's natural secretions of progesterone established "the pre- and post-menstrual 'safe period,'" which allowed Catholics to perform the rhythm method.
Academic text (2010) -
For five years, my first wife and I practiced the rhythm method of birth control.
Synonyms
A way to avoid pregnancy by tracking a woman's periods and avoiding sex on days when she can get pregnant
A method of avoiding pregnancy by counting days of the period to find fertile days
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'rhythm method' is compositionally built from 'rhythm' (a regular pattern) + 'method' (a systematic procedure), so a learner can infer it is a procedure that uses timing/patterns. However, the specific conventional meaning (natural family planning / avoiding sex on fertile days) is domain-specific and not fully predictable from the constituents alone, so prior cultural/medical knowledge or exposure is usually needed.
Etymology
Rhythm method comes from watching the body's regular rhythm, the monthly pattern of a woman's cycle, so couples would count days to find the 'fertile days'. That's why it means a simple way to 'avoid pregnancy' by not having sex on those days.