"femdom" meaning in English

See femdom in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɛmˌdɒm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɛmˌdɑm/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-femdom.wav Forms: femdoms [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛmdɒm Etymology: From female + dom, short for domination or dominance. Etymology templates: {{com|en|female|dom}} female + dom Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} femdom (countable and uncountable, plural femdoms)
  1. (BDSM, uncountable) Female domination; a sexual practice in which women dominate men or other people. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): BDSM, Female people Translations (BDSM: female domination): femdom [masculine] (French), Femdom [neuter] (German), フェムドム (femudomu) (Japanese), фемдо́м (femdóm) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-femdom-en-noun-en:female_domination Disambiguation of Female people: 42 42 17 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fem-, English terms suffixed with -dom Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fem-: 24 38 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -dom: 23 41 36 Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality Disambiguation of 'BDSM: female domination': 59 41
  2. (BDSM, countable) A female dominator in sadomasochistic sexual practices. Tags: countable Categories (topical): BDSM, Female people Synonyms: dominatrix
    Sense id: en-femdom-en-noun-en:female_dominator Disambiguation of Female people: 42 42 17 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fem-, English terms suffixed with -dom, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fem-: 24 38 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -dom: 23 41 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 41 59 Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: femdomme Hyponyms: lezdom Coordinate_terms: maledom, femboydom, futadom [Japanese] [pornography, media, sexuality, lifestyle]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɛm.dəm/
Rhymes: -ɛmdəm Etymology: From fem- + -dom. Etymology templates: {{af|en|fem-|-dom}} fem- + -dom Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} femdom (uncountable)
  1. (rare) Females considered as a group; womankind. Tags: rare, uncountable Categories (topical): Female people Synonyms: femaledom
    Sense id: en-femdom-en-noun-en:group_of_women Disambiguation of Female people: 42 42 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fem-, English terms suffixed with -dom, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 27 54 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fem-: 24 38 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -dom: 23 41 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 22 56 3 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 29 43 2 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: femdomme
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Females considered as a group; womankind."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "womankind",
          "womankind"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Females considered as a group; womankind."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:group of women"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "femaledom"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛm.dəm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛmdəm"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "femdomme"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "femdom"
  ],
  "word": "femdom"
}

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