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How to pronounce onanism in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms coitus interruptus, pulling out, withdrawal, withdrawal method
Type of birth prevention, family planning, birth control
Type Words
Synonyms masturbation
Type of autoerotism, autoeroticism
Has types self-abuse, self-stimulation, wank, frottage, hand job, jacking off, jerking off
Derivation onanist

Examples of onanism

onanism
So now we'll have Obama waffling and Republican sock puppets performing onanism on CNN.
From the swampland.time.com
As for your onanism, I am not sure I quite understand your position.
From the guardian.co.uk
Clearly, it would help if no Asian or African voices interrupt this intellectual and moral onanism.
From the guardian.co.uk
My left wrist is the size of a tree trunk, not because of constant onanism, but holding the iPad to read.
From the guardian.co.uk
I've been to many literary festivals in which literature is wrapped in a cloud of suffering and intellectual onanism.
From the telegraph.co.uk
To us, there is onanism, and to us, it is a godsend.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Instead, the novel is seen as a pathology report on Charles'spiritual trouble, which appears to be a kind of moral onanism.
From the time.com
For decades, the medical profession politely averted its gaze from such issues as nursing-home libidos and octogenarian onanism.
From the latimes.com
I thought she might be objecting to the use of the friendly Greek term for onanism, but it was the other part of the name that bothered her.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • Masturbation: manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure
  • Coitus interruptus: a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation
  • Onan (Hebrew: u05D0u05D5u05B9u05E0u05B8u05DF, Modernu00A0Onan, Tiberianu00A0u02BCu00D4nu0101nu00A0; "Strong") is a minor biblical person in the Book of Genesis chapter 38, who was the second son of Judah. Like his older brother, Er, Onan was killed by Yahweh for spilling his seed on the ground instead of impregnating his brother's widow...
  • Onan (Tamil: u0B93u0BA3u0BBEu0BA9u0BCD) (English literal translation:Chameleon) is a 2009 action thriller film. It is the debut film of writer/director Shyam Madhavan Sarada.
  • Ejaculating outside the vagina during intercourse; (the performing of) coitus interruptus; masturbation
  • (onanistic) Of or pertaining to masturbation (onanism); In a manner which suggests masturbation; hence, fruitless, self-congratulatory, self-absorbed, pointless
  • (Onan (al. Onen)) Mourner (between death and burial)....a mourning relative.
  • Attributing your political views to worthy strangers, based solely on their possession of positive traits you would like to associate with your side.
  • Derived from Genesis 38. Generally refers to masturbation or the man spilling his sperm outside of the woman during sex.