sexual conquest
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- noun
- /ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈkɒnkwɛst/
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conquista sexual
- So you went on a sexual conquest through Sears to take his virginity?
- bragged about their sexual conquests
Examples
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Men are socialized to be aggressive and link sexual conquests and aggressiveness to masculinity (Gilgun, 1991).
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Many young men often boast about their sexual conquests as a sign of their appeal.
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You wanna brag about your sexual conquests, you big stud, you?
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Odili describes Elsie as his easiest sexual conquest.
Academic text (2017) -
They thought normal women were insipid and naive, good for nothing but sexual conquest.
Blog text (2) -
They rambled on rapturously as if these were war stories or tales of sexual conquest.
Fiction book (1998) -
Emo's solution to the Indian loss of land is to enact revenge via sexual conquest, which twists the figural colonial trope of land as woman: "They took our land, they took everything!"
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History functions on the semiotic and aphrodisiac level in the protagonist's anachronistic conception and in his exploitation of ancient East-West conflicts to justify his own sexual conquests of the women of his British colonizers.
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In her circle, discussing sexual conquests is common among friends seeking advice.
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He wrote a book detailing his numerous sexual conquests during his travels.
Synonyms
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An action that attracts someone for romantic or sexual reasons
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An act of winning a person's love or sexual interest often by charm
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines transparent lexical parts: 'sexual' (relating to sex) and 'conquest' (winning or defeating), so a learner who knows both words can infer a meaning like 'someone one has sexually won or seduced.' However, the use of 'conquest' for people is metaphorical and carries social/evaluative nuance (objectification, achievement framing) that is not strictly literal, making the overall sense only partially predictable.
Etymology
Sexual conquest combines sexual, about sex, and conquest, a word from old wars meaning to win, so it makes the picture of 'winning' someone like a prize. That's why it now means treating a sexual partner as a prize or an 'achievement' rather than a real relationship.