different between onanism vs onanist

English

Etymology

Onan +? -ism. In the Book of Genesis, Onan, son of Judah, in fulfillment of the laws of levirate marriage was to impregnate his brother Er's widow, Tamar, in order to raise offspring from the union in his brother's name. In order to avoid raising descendants for his late brother, however, Onan "spilled his semen on the ground when he went in to his brother's wife, so that he would not give offspring to his brother" (Genesis 38:9).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???n??n?z?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?n??n?z?m/

Noun

onanism (usually uncountable, plural onanisms)

1. Masturbation.
2. Ejaculating outside the vagina during intercourse; (the performing of) coitus interruptus.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:masturbation

Translations

See also

• oneirism

Anagrams

• Manions, Minoans, amnions, mansion

Romanian

Etymology

From French onanisme

Noun

onanism n (uncountable)

1. onanism, masturbation

Declension

English

Noun

onanist (plural onanists)

1. a man who masturbates
2. a man who uses coitus interruptus as a means of birth control

Related terms

• onanism
• onanistic

Anagrams

• Santino, anoints, nations