oversexednessn.
/ˌəʊvəˈsɛkstnᵻs/, /ˌəʊvəˈsɛksᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈsɛkstnəs/, /ˌoʊvərˈsɛksədnəs/ The state or quality of being oversexed.
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erotomania1874
oversexedness1953
1953 Encounter Nov. 31/2 The unfulfilled urge ‘to belong’ may lead to ‘political oversexedness’, expressing itself in blind, self-sacrificing devotion to some unholy cause.
1973 W. J. Stein California & Dust Bowl Migration ii. 61 They were accused of moral degeneracy, of incest, of ‘loose morals,’ and of ‘oversexedness.’
1984 Jrnl. Substance Abuse Treatm. 2 i. 55/1 It also applies largely to sexual pathology, starting with the small-scale ‘addiction’ of the adolescent masturbator, through various forms of oversexedness (nymphomania, satyriasis).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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