antiphallic

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adjective

Opposing the phallic.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectiveantiphallic (comparative more antiphallic, superlative most antiphallic)

comparative more antiphallic · superlative most antiphallic

  1. Opposing the phallic.

    In this chapter I will examine, on the one hand, how the sexual fantasies codified in harem texts may be used to construe an antiphallic, gynarchic model of "what a woman wants," […]

    1999, Emily Apter, “Scopic regimes of Power/Phallic Law”, in Continental Drift
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    Featuring two uninhibited young women who are both named Marie--whose various escapades, which add up less to a plot than to a string of outrageous set pieces, include several antiphallic gags, and a free-for-all with fancy food rivaling Laurel and Hardy that got Chytilova in lots of trouble with the authorities--this is a disturbing yet liberating tour de force from a talented director showing what she can do with freedom.

    1988 June 17, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Daisies”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016

Origin

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APA

antiphallic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiphallic

MLA

“antiphallic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiphallic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiphallic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiphallic.

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