Masturbation Definition

măstər-bāshən
noun
Excitation of one's own or another's genital organs, usually to orgasm, by manual contact or means other than sexual intercourse.
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Singular:
masturbation
Plural:
masturbations

Origin of Masturbation

  • From Middle French masturbation, from Latin verb masturbor, conjectured to have originated from a contraction of manus (“hand") and turbō (“disturb, throw into confusion").

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Masturbation Sentence Examples

  • Masturbation can also be particularly useful in relationships in which one partner wants more sexual activity than the other, in which case masturbation provides a balancing effect.

  • For many young people, masturbation is an opportunity for private sexual exploration before deciding to engage is sexual activity with another person.

  • Most people think of masturbation as a very personal and private act involving using only the hands to manipulate the genitals.

  • Masturbation is the erotic stimulation of one's own genitals for pleasure.

  • No reputable historian would accept the idea that educating a woman sucks all the blood from her uterus, or that masturbation causes insanity.

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