noun
- Plural of nymphomania; instances or cases of excessive sexual desire in women, historically considered a medical or psychological condition.
Usage: medical/psychological term; dated usage; considered offensive in modern contexts
Examples
- Early psychiatric texts documented cases of nymphomanias with varying treatments.
- The term nymphomanias is rarely used in contemporary medical literature.
- Historical records show how nymphomanias was misunderstood and misdiagnosed.
- Modern psychology has largely abandoned the concept of nymphomanias in favor of more nuanced understandings of sexual behavior.