An offensive slang term for a person (typically a woman) with an unusually strong sex drive; considered derogatory and outdated.
Short for 'nymphomania,' from Greek 'nymphe' (bride, nymph) + 'mania' (madness). Used in medical contexts from the 1800s but became primarily a crude slang term.
This word shows how medical terms can become insults—doctors in the Victorian era pathologized female sexuality in ways that were completely sexist and harmful.
Derogatory slur rooted in misogynist pathologization of female sexuality. Emerged in 20th-century medical discourse to stigmatize women's sexual autonomy as mental illness.
Avoid entirely. If discussing nymphomania clinically, use 'hypersexuality' or specific clinical terminology and center consent/agency.
["hypersexuality","compulsive sexual behavior"]
Women's sexuality was systematically pathologized while men's wasn't, reflecting gendered double standards in medicine and language.
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