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 Translation for 'nymphomania' from English to Norwegian
NOUN   nymphomania | -
nymfomani {m}nymphomania
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Translation for 'nymphomania' from English to Norwegian

nymphomania
nymfomani {m}
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Usage Examples English
  • Voisin also did extensive research of satyriasis and nymphomania, and was interested in the relationship between hypersexuality and hysteria.
  • The term has also been referred to as the male equivalent of nymphomania in women.
  • A British doctor, Robert Thomas, suggested clitoridectomy as a cure for nymphomania in 1813.
  • The film focuses on a Mississippi bluesman who holds a troubled local woman captive in his house in an attempt to cure her of nymphomania after finding her severely beaten on the side of a road.
  • This novel is of some significance in the field of the Golden Age mystery because of its treatment of a sexual theme, that of nymphomania.

  • She succumbs to nymphomania, which finally brings her to death on a hospital cot.
  • While the nymph was the source of the psychological term nymphomania (now hypersexuality), the satyr was the source of the once common but now outdated term satyriasis and can be understood as the nymph's male equivalent.
  • The second-most discussed issue behind food is sex, with Gussow describing in his review how Old Woman believes "that nymphomania may be her mania of choice".
  • The French news website Rue 89 commented that the episode provided the writers with a good opportunity to mock all the French clichés, including the accent, the cheese, the cheek kissing between men, and the supposed nymphomania.
  • The father's absence seemed to affect all the Caldwell children in some way: Jim was an extremely uptight and humorless person before he became a drop-out; his brother Tom remained humorless and somewhat mean-spirited throughout adulthood; and his sister Lila exhibited marked nymphomania.

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