Penislessness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being penisless; absence of a penis. uncountable

    "When he discovered that his patients symbolized male power in their dreams, fantasies and symptoms with phallic images, he speculated that during their early years these women had learned to equate powerlessness—their own and that of their mothers—with penislessness."

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"When he discovered that his patients symbolized male power in their dreams, fantasies and symptoms with phallic images, he speculated that during their early years these women had learned to equate powerlessness—their own and that of their mothers—with penislessness."

Etymology

From penisless + -ness.

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