onanistic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for onanistic
Adjective
  • Bardo for being masturbatory and self-pitying, Empire of Light for being shallow and unfocused.
    Vulture, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2023
  • And this use was a selling point, not a secret, during an era of anti-masturbatory rhetoric.
    Kim Adams, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2020
Adjective
  • Even Lucy Liu — yes, of Charlie’s Angels and Kill Bill fame — has explored erotic art, producing a series of sensual paintings from 2006 to 2008 in homage to Shunga, a form of Japanese erotic art practiced from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries.
    Chris Erik Thomas, Them, 10 Feb. 2025
  • What begins as quiet observation — lingering glances, shared silences — soon blossoms into an intense, sensual romance, culminating in a devastating final shot that will stay with you long after the credits roll.
    Janey Tracey, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The 35,000-year-old Venus of Hohle Fels, a small sculpture of a voluptuous woman, could be considered humanity’s first pin-up model.
    Chris Erik Thomas, Them, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The hourglass is considered voluptuous because the hip and bust appear larger, but a slim and small-framed person can also have this body type. Strengths of the hourglass body shape People with the hourglass body shape are said to have the most proportionate body type.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Onanistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/onanistic. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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