generative act

noun

Sexual intercourse between a man and a woman.

Meanings

noungenerative act (plural generative acts)

plural generative acts

  1. Sexual intercourse between a man and a woman.

    [T]he primitive concept of the generative act was one of awe and worship, accorded to a force which was incomprehensible and baffling.

    1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 160
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