Noun onanism has 2 senses
- masturbation, onanism, self-abuse - manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure
--1 is a kind of autoeroticism, autoerotism
--1 has particulars: frottage; jacking off, jerking off, hand job, wank
- coitus interruptus, withdrawal method, pulling out, onanism - a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation
--2 is a kind of birth control, birth prevention, family planning
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