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noun
The literal or metaphorical fear of emasculation; associated with the early psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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noun
(psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principle apply to women
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: anxiety, anxiousness
History
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