Meaning & use
Satyromaniac
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A man who experiences an excessive, uncontrollable sex drive, a condition historically termed satyromania or satyriasis.
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Early twentieth-century physicians sometimes diagnosed a satyromaniac based on vague and stigmatizing criteria.
The term satyromaniac is now considered outdated, having largely been replaced by more clinical descriptions of hypersexuality.
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Named after satyrs, the lustful woodland creatures of Greek mythology, it is the male counterpart to 'nymphomaniac' and is now regarded as dated, non-clinical terminology.
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