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PENIS ENVY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does penis envy mean?
• PENIS ENVY (noun)
The noun PENIS ENVY has 1 sense:
1. (psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininity
Familiarity information: PENIS ENVY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("penis envy" is a kind of...):
enviousness; envy (a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another)
Domain category:
analysis; depth psychology; psychoanalysis (a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud)
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