Meanings
- uncountableAn addiction to sex.
2005, Sexaholism: The Closet Addiction http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=1367&id=16843, Niki Collins-Queen. Patrick Carnes says sexaholism transcend personality, gender, and socio-economic status and lists three levels of addiction in his book, "Out of the Shadows."
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Sexaholism, as defined in this paper, is viewed from the perspective of a case study, portrayed as a paradigm.
2006, Sexaholism: A Perspective http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a742021601~db=all~jumptype=rss, Samadhi Carol Longo-Disse. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, Volume 13, Issue 1 January 2006, pages 69 - 94
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
- Proto-Italic*seksus
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*sekaō
- Latinsecō
- Latinsecāre?
- Latinsexus
- Old Frenchsexe
- Middle Englishsexe
- Englishsex
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Englishalcoholism
- Englishsexaholism
From sex + -aholism, imitating alcoholism.
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