dominatrix

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UK/ˌdɒmɪˈneɪtɹɪks/

noun

A dominating woman; a female dominator.

Less commonScrabble 20

Meanings

noundominatrix (plural dominatrices or dominatrixes)

plural dominatrices · plural dominatrixes

  1. A dominating woman; a female dominator.
  2. A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices.

    Shadowy masked dominatrixes in stiletto-heeled hip boots snap commands and whips with equal fury.

    2003, Lora Shaner, Madam: Inside a Nevada Brothel, page 296
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    But even as movies depicting successful madams, freelance hookers, and dominatrices were celebrating prostitution as a marketplace expression of the new sexual freedom, doubts were emerging, a backlash growing.

    2006, Russell Campbell, Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema, page 226

    I've always maintained that the dominatrix is as much a misogynistic caricature as the virginal, asexual "good" girl or the disgusting "nymphomaniac/slut." The so-called dominant woman is a dark, eerie version of the woman on a pedestal.

    2010, H. A. Carson, A Roaring Girl: An Interview with the Thinking Man's Hooker, page 134
verbdominatrix (third-person singular simple present dominatrixes, present participle dominatrixing, simple past and past participle dominatrixed)

present singular third person dominatrixes · participle present dominatrixing · participle past dominatrixed · past dominatrixed

  1. informalintransitiveTo act as a dominatrix, especially professionally.

    Cara, when you reach 18, maybe you will take up "dominatrixing" for a living.

    1999 September 1, cara, quoting Brian Pez, “The most boring character on Road Rules”, in alt.tv.road-rules (Usenet)
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    Not one single nod is given to the fact is might be something a woman would ever do for the sheer blissy hot of it. Nah, nah, nah, nah, NAH! In fact, in this context, that would probably be beyond horridious. And isn’t that kind of weird. Dominatrixing for money is far more okay (and even kind of family friendly) than dominatrixing for sexual kicks. And you’ve got to wonder why that might be.

    2009 March 25, “Foxy (not a reference to the dumper bound DJ Dr Fox – in case you were wondering)”, in Bitchy Jones's Diary

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Latindominātrīx
  2. Englishdominatrix

From Latin dominātrīx. By surface analysis, dominate + -trix.

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Translations

Finnish domina
  • dominaA dominant female in sadomasochistic practices
French dominatrice, domina
  • dominatriceA dominating woman; a female dominator
  • dominaA dominant female in sadomasochistic practices
  • dominatriceA dominant female in sadomasochistic practices
German Domina
  • DominaA dominant female in sadomasochistic practices
Hindi शासिका, नियंतिका
  • शासिका (śāsikā)A dominating woman; a female dominator
  • नियंतिका (niyantikā)A dominating woman; a female dominator
  • शासिका (śāsikā)A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices
  • नियंतिका (niyantikā)A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices
Polish domina
  • dominaA dominant female in sadomasochistic practices
Swedish dominatrix, domina
  • dominatrixA dominant female in sadomasochistic practices
  • dominaA dominant female in sadomasochistic practices
  • dominatrisA dominant female in sadomasochistic practices

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APA

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Chicago

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