"hypersexuality" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hypersexualities [plural]
Etymology: From hyper- + sexuality. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|hyper|sexuality}} hyper- + sexuality Head templates: {{en-noun|-|hypersexualities}} hypersexuality (usually uncountable, plural hypersexualities)
  1. Excessive desire for sexual activity, especially when considered high enough to be clinically significant. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Sexuality Translations (extreme libido): 性慾亢進 (Chinese Mandarin), 性欲亢进 (xìngyù kàngjìn) (Chinese Mandarin), hüperseksuaalsus (Estonian), hyperseksuaalisuus (Finnish), hypersexualité [feminine] (French), Hypersexualität [feminine] (German), ipersessualità [feminine] (Italian), 異常性欲 (ijō-seiyoku) (alt: いじょうせいよく) (Japanese), гиперсексуа́льность (gipersɛksuálʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), hipersexualidad [feminine] (Spanish), hypersexualitet [common-gender] (Swedish), chứng cuồng dâm (Vietnamese)

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