Definitions

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  • noun BDSM female domination, a paraphilia in which women dominate men or other women.
  • noun rare Females considered as a group; womankind.

Etymologies

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Shortening of female domination or female dominance.

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Examples

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  • That's one of the enduring myths of sci-fi fandom (vs. femdom) -- that Carrie Fisher was hot in that outfit.

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  • Well surely, in that case, certain femdom bloggers' explicit, lovingly-described dreams of e.g. torturing helpless captive men with small sharp objects are also a bit offensive.

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  • Well surely, in that case, certain femdom bloggers' explicit, lovingly-described dreams of e.g. torturing helpless captive men with small sharp objects are also a bit offensive.

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  • She has that anti-male femdom baggage hanging on her.

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  • Now, femdom is not my personal cup of Earl Grey - but neither's getting up at six in the morning and sitting in a bloody office all day.

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  • Now do a post of women grinding their stilleto heels into the backs of cowering men's necks so us femdom fetishists can UNITE as well.

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  • Michelle comes across as likely to take out that seething anger she struggles to contain on you with some serious femdom, and that's nice, but the rough stuff has a shelf life.

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  • Femdom is a sexual practice / activity (sometimes considered part of BDSM) but hardly anyone considers it to be a paraphilia, especially since paraphilia is a charged and often pejorative term which is not really based on much scientific categorisation - it is highly subjective and depends on the "prevailing" (quotation marks because we cannot accurately say how common such practices are) view in whatever location you are in. It is an unnecessary description which carries a negative connotation, which dictionaries should be above. I think it ought to be updated with this alteration made (indeed, the Wiktionary article from which the definitions are sourced has since been updated too).

    February 4, 2021