2. Adjective. In a manner which suggests masturbation; hence, fruitless, self-congratulatory, self-absorbed, pointless ¹
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Definition of Onanistic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Onanistic
Literary usage of Onanistic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sex and the Senses by James Samuel Van Teslaar (1922)
"The specific pictures accompanying the onanistic act or representing it (in the
absence of excitation by mechanical means) determine the rôle which onanism ..."
2. The Sexual life of the child by Albert Moll (1919)
"comparatively speaking, be able to do this ; although, even in boys, operation
is sometimes needed for the removal of articles used for onanistic purposes, ..."
3. A Study of the Mental Life of the Child by H. von Hug-Hellmuth (1919)
"I maintain that, with this child, these movements are a substitute for onanistic
activity, since the boy, even in his first month, as soon as he was ..."
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