Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-pollution

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables: self--pol-lu-tion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Masturbation, seen as sinful according to religious dogma.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"SELF-POLLUTION is that unnatural Practice by which Perſons, of either Sex, may defile their own Bodies without the Aſſiſtance of others, whilſt yielding to filthy Imaginations they endeavour to imitate, and procure to themſelves, that Senſation which God has ordered to attend the carnal Commerce of the two Sexes, for the Continuance of our Species."
"The vice consists in any excitement of the genital organs produced otherwise than in the natural way. It is known by the terms, self-pollution, self-abuse, masturbation, onanism, manustupration, voluntary pollution, solitary or secret vice, and other names sufficiently explanatory."

Etymology

From self- + pollution.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: self

Usage

Questions

What does self-pollution mean?: Masturbation, seen as sinful according to religious dogma.
Where does self-pollution come from?: From self- + pollution.

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