Meanings
- uncountableThe state of being penisless; absence of a penis.
When he discovered that his patients symbolized male power in their dreams, fantasies and symptoms with phallic images, he speculated that during their early years these women had learned to equate powerlessness—their own and that of their mothers—with penislessness.
2011, Nancy McWilliams, Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, Second Edition
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Arabic فقدان القضيب
- فقدان القضيب (fuqdān al-qadīb)Translations
Bengali শিশ্নহীনতা
- শিশ্নহীনতা (śiśnohinota)Translations
Chinese Mandarin 無陰莖 /无阴茎
- 無陰莖 /无阴茎 (wú yīnjīng)Translations
French manque de pénis
- manque de pénisTranslations
German Penislosigkeit
- PenislosigkeitTranslations
Hindi शिश्नहीनता
- शिश्नहीनता (śiśnahīntā)Translations
Japanese 陰茎欠損
- 陰茎欠損 (inkei kesson)Translations
Swedish penislöshet
- penislöshetTranslations
Turkish penissizlik
- penissizlikTranslations
Urdu فقدانِ قضیب
- فقدانِ قضیب (fuqdān-e-qazīb)Translations
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Cite this entry
penislessness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penislessness
“penislessness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penislessness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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