noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Female domination; a sexual practice in which women dominate men or other people. uncountable
2. 2
   Females considered as a group; womankind. rare, uncountable
3. 3
   A female dominator in sadomasochistic sexual practices. countable

   "I'm acutely aware that I'm on my knees in front of a gorgeous femdom."

Synonyms

All synonyms

dominatrixdommefemaledom

Example

More examples

"Femdom is short for Female Domination."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From fem- + -dom (“domination”).

Etymology 2

From fem- + -dom (“group”).

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