penis envy
зависть к пенису
Penisneid
The unconscious desire of a woman to possess a penisThe unconscious desire of a woman to possess a penis.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The unconscious desire of a woman to possess a penis.
Penisneid
за́висть к пе́нисуzávistʹ k pénisu
More definitions
- (psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininity
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
unconscious desire:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
unconscious desire:
Origin
Calque of German Penisneid.Calque of German Penisneid.
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Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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