Definition of phallic in English:

phallic

adjective ˈfalɪkˈfælɪk

1Relating to or resembling a phallus or erect penis.
a phallic symbol
Example sentencesExamples
- Shiva is also the god of fertility and is mostly worshipped in the phallic symbol called Linga.
- Weapons carried by the gang are shaped into huge phallic symbols, demonstrating a sense of vigorous male power or animal instinct, manifested in behaviour like the marking of territory.
- If the sports car is considered some sort of phallic substitute or symbol, then the quad bike is equally emblematic.
- The last piece is Louise Bourgeois' Fillette, a phallic object combining male and female elements.
- Equally, the power of corporate towers is manifest in up-looking, phallic worship, and in the motherly (that is, custodial) surveillance of the world below.
1. 1.1Psychoanalysis Of or denoting the genital phase of psychosexual development, especially in males.
  the phallic phase
  Example sentencesExamples
  When looking at the body of psychoanalytic literature dealing with perversions it becomes evident that today there is clearly fading support of the theory of phallic primacy.
  Much of the tragedy of the story can be traced to the unhappy childhood of Luke and Leia; with their mother dead, Luke has no focus for his sexual desires during the phallic stage of his development.
  We talk about sexual openness and sexual ambiguity, yet the current psychological ideal of phallic masculinity is as rigid and coercive as it ever was.
  Freudian theory would suggest that the corporate cultures of these organizations often institutionalize various combinations of oral, phallic and genital sexuality.
  If depression is warded off in phallic omnipotence and evacuated into the feminine part of the personality, we can formulate a psychoanalytic interpretation of Kreon's behaviour.

Derivatives

phallically

adverb

The largest and busiest altar was for Gede, the often phallically depicted lwa of death, cemeteries, and sexual resurrection.
Example sentencesExamples
- By displaying musical workers and their tools (usually phallically invested guitars), these magazines designate craftsmanship and professionalism as vectors of male empowerment.
- Its frontage gleams with neon, and above the gaudy porch is a statue of a four-horsed laurel-wreathed charioteer, his spear raised phallically into the dull London sky.
- Crowley was phallically centered and saw the wand as the basic tool of magic.

Origin

Late 18th century: from French phallique, from Greek phallikos, from phallos (see phallus).

Rhymes

Alec, cephalic, encephalic, Gallic, intervallic, italic, medallic, mesocephalic, metallic, Salic, tantalic, Uralic, Vandalic

Definition of phallic in US English:

phallic

adjectiveˈfælɪkˈfalik

1Relating to or resembling a phallus or erect penis.
a phallic symbol
Example sentencesExamples
- Weapons carried by the gang are shaped into huge phallic symbols, demonstrating a sense of vigorous male power or animal instinct, manifested in behaviour like the marking of territory.
- The last piece is Louise Bourgeois' Fillette, a phallic object combining male and female elements.
- Shiva is also the god of fertility and is mostly worshipped in the phallic symbol called Linga.
- If the sports car is considered some sort of phallic substitute or symbol, then the quad bike is equally emblematic.
- Equally, the power of corporate towers is manifest in up-looking, phallic worship, and in the motherly (that is, custodial) surveillance of the world below.
1. 1.1Psychoanalysis Of or denoting the genital phase of psychosexual development, especially in males.
  Example sentencesExamples
  If depression is warded off in phallic omnipotence and evacuated into the feminine part of the personality, we can formulate a psychoanalytic interpretation of Kreon's behaviour.
  Freudian theory would suggest that the corporate cultures of these organizations often institutionalize various combinations of oral, phallic and genital sexuality.
  Much of the tragedy of the story can be traced to the unhappy childhood of Luke and Leia; with their mother dead, Luke has no focus for his sexual desires during the phallic stage of his development.
  When looking at the body of psychoanalytic literature dealing with perversions it becomes evident that today there is clearly fading support of the theory of phallic primacy.
  We talk about sexual openness and sexual ambiguity, yet the current psychological ideal of phallic masculinity is as rigid and coercive as it ever was.

Origin

Late 18th century: from French phallique, from Greek phallikos, from phallos (see phallus).

单词	phallic
释义	Definition of phallic in English: phallic adjective ˈfalɪkˈfælɪk 1Relating to or resembling a phallus or erect penis. a phallic symbol Example sentencesExamples Shiva is also the god of fertility and is mostly worshipped in the phallic symbol called Linga. Weapons carried by the gang are shaped into huge phallic symbols, demonstrating a sense of vigorous male power or animal instinct, manifested in behaviour like the marking of territory. If the sports car is considered some sort of phallic substitute or symbol, then the quad bike is equally emblematic. The last piece is Louise Bourgeois' Fillette, a phallic object combining male and female elements. Equally, the power of corporate towers is manifest in up-looking, phallic worship, and in the motherly (that is, custodial) surveillance of the world below. 1.1Psychoanalysis Of or denoting the genital phase of psychosexual development, especially in males. the phallic phase Example sentencesExamples When looking at the body of psychoanalytic literature dealing with perversions it becomes evident that today there is clearly fading support of the theory of phallic primacy. Much of the tragedy of the story can be traced to the unhappy childhood of Luke and Leia; with their mother dead, Luke has no focus for his sexual desires during the phallic stage of his development. We talk about sexual openness and sexual ambiguity, yet the current psychological ideal of phallic masculinity is as rigid and coercive as it ever was. Freudian theory would suggest that the corporate cultures of these organizations often institutionalize various combinations of oral, phallic and genital sexuality. If depression is warded off in phallic omnipotence and evacuated into the feminine part of the personality, we can formulate a psychoanalytic interpretation of Kreon's behaviour. Derivatives phallically adverb The largest and busiest altar was for Gede, the often phallically depicted lwa of death, cemeteries, and sexual resurrection. Example sentencesExamples By displaying musical workers and their tools (usually phallically invested guitars), these magazines designate craftsmanship and professionalism as vectors of male empowerment. Its frontage gleams with neon, and above the gaudy porch is a statue of a four-horsed laurel-wreathed charioteer, his spear raised phallically into the dull London sky. Crowley was phallically centered and saw the wand as the basic tool of magic. Origin Late 18th century: from French phallique, from Greek phallikos, from phallos (see phallus). Rhymes Alec, cephalic, encephalic, Gallic, intervallic, italic, medallic, mesocephalic, metallic, Salic, tantalic, Uralic, Vandalic Definition of phallic in US English: phallic adjectiveˈfælɪkˈfalik 1Relating to or resembling a phallus or erect penis. a phallic symbol Example sentencesExamples Weapons carried by the gang are shaped into huge phallic symbols, demonstrating a sense of vigorous male power or animal instinct, manifested in behaviour like the marking of territory. The last piece is Louise Bourgeois' Fillette, a phallic object combining male and female elements. Shiva is also the god of fertility and is mostly worshipped in the phallic symbol called Linga. If the sports car is considered some sort of phallic substitute or symbol, then the quad bike is equally emblematic. Equally, the power of corporate towers is manifest in up-looking, phallic worship, and in the motherly (that is, custodial) surveillance of the world below. 1.1Psychoanalysis Of or denoting the genital phase of psychosexual development, especially in males. Example sentencesExamples If depression is warded off in phallic omnipotence and evacuated into the feminine part of the personality, we can formulate a psychoanalytic interpretation of Kreon's behaviour. Freudian theory would suggest that the corporate cultures of these organizations often institutionalize various combinations of oral, phallic and genital sexuality. Much of the tragedy of the story can be traced to the unhappy childhood of Luke and Leia; with their mother dead, Luke has no focus for his sexual desires during the phallic stage of his development. When looking at the body of psychoanalytic literature dealing with perversions it becomes evident that today there is clearly fading support of the theory of phallic primacy. We talk about sexual openness and sexual ambiguity, yet the current psychological ideal of phallic masculinity is as rigid and coercive as it ever was. Origin Late 18th century: from French phallique, from Greek phallikos, from phallos (see phallus).
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