Phallic definition

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Of, relating to, or resembling a phallus.
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Of or relating to the cult of the phallus as an embodiment of generative power.

Phallic worship.

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Of or relating to the third stage of psychosexual development in psychoanalytic theory, from about ages three to six, during which gratification is focused on sensations associated with the genital organs. The phallic stage is preceded by the anal stage and followed by the latency period.
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Of, like, or relating to the phallus.
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Of, relating to, or resembling a phallus.
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Of or relating to the third stage of psychosexual development in psychoanalytic theory, from about ages three to six, during which gratification is focused on sensations associated with the genital organs. The phallic stage is preceded by the anal stage and followed by the latency period.
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Having to do with the penis, especially in terms of shape.

The Washington Monument is widely considered a phallic symbol.

He has such a big car; it has got to be a phallic symbol.

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Of or relating to phallicism.
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Origin of phallic

  • Greek phallikos from phallos phallus phallus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From phallus (“penis") + -ic.

    From Wiktionary

Phallic Sentence Examples

  • Atargatis, in the capacity of fro?uovxos, wears a mural crown, is the ancestor of the royal house, the founder of social and religious life, the goddess of generation and fertility (hence the prevalence of phallic emblems), and the inventor of useful appliances.

  • It has been frequently asserted that the image of a calf is kept in a niche, and traces of phallic and gynaecocratic worship have been vaguely suspected; but there is no authentic information in support of either statement.

  • Phallic emblems, for averting evil, were plentiful; the summit of the tomb of Alyattes is crowned with an enormous one of stone, about 9 ft.

  • Their form, however, is not sufficiently characteristic to warrant this identification, though it may be noted that the nearest approximation to phallic worship is found amongst the most typical of African peoples, viz.

  • A Texet'ij (" initiatory ceremony ") of women by a woman also took place at Eleusis, characterized by obscene jests and the use of phallic emblems. The sacramental meal on this occasion consisted of the produce of land and sea, certain things (pomegranates, honey, eggs) being forbidden for mystical reasons.

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