Frigidity

Frigidity
Failure of a female to respond to sexual stimulus; aversion on the part of a woman to sexual intercourse; failure of a female to achieve an orgasm (anorgasmia) during sexual intercourse. This disorder can stem from psychological or emotional problems such as stress, anxiety, depression, fatigue, worry, guilt, fear of painful intercourse and fear of pregnancy. It can also develop from the undesirability of a partner, the undesirability of the setting, and the use of alcohol or drugs. "Frigid-" is derived from the Latin word "frigidus" (cold.) The suffix "-ity" is derived from the Latin "-itas" (condition, state).
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1. Impotence in the female. 2. The state of being frigid (2); female sexual inadequacy ranging from the freudian concept of inability to achieve orgasm to any degree of sexual response considered unsatisfactory by either the female or her partner.

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fri·gid·i·ty frij-'id-ət-ē n, pl -ties marked or abnormal sexual indifference esp. in a woman

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n.
lack of sexual desire or inability to achieve orgasm. The phenomenon may affect either sex, but the term is almost always applied to women only. In some cases the woman feels revulsion towards sexual activity.

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fri·gid·i·ty (frĭ-jidґĭ-te) 1. coldness. 2. former name for female sexual arousal disorder.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • Frigidity — Fri*gid i*ty, n. [L. frigiditas: cf. F. frigidit[ e].] 1. The condition or quality of being frigid; coldness; want of warmth. [1913 Webster] Ice is water congealed by the frigidity of the air. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. Want of ardor,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • frigidity — early 15c., from Fr. frigidité (15c.), from L.L. frigiditatem (nom. frigiditas) the cold, from L. frigidus cold (see FRIGID (Cf. frigid)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • frigidity — /fri jid i tee/, n. 1. the state or condition of being frigid. 2. (in women) inhibition, not caused by a physical disorder or medication, of sexual excitement during sexual activity. [1400 50; late ME frigidite coldness ( < MF fregidité) < LL… …   Universalium

  • frigidity — frigid ► ADJECTIVE 1) very cold. 2) (of a woman) unable to be sexually aroused. 3) stiff or formal in style. DERIVATIVES frigidity noun frigidly adverb. ORIGIN Latin frigidus, from frigere be cold …   English terms dictionary

  • frigidity — noun Date: 15th century the quality or state of being frigid; specifically marked or abnormal sexual indifference especially in a woman …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • frigidity — noun a) The state of being frigid; coldness; lack of heat. b) Coldness of feeling, manner or quality; lack of ardor, animation or vivacity; chilliness; dullness …   Wiktionary

  • frigidity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. impassivity, coldness, aloofness, stiffness; see indifference 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Extreme lack of warmth: frigidness, frostiness, gelidity, gelidness, iciness, wintriness. See HOT …   English dictionary for students

  • frigidity — fri·gid·i·ty || frɪ dʒɪdÉ™tɪ n. cold, coldness, chill; unfriendly manner; sexual unresponsiveness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • frigidity — n. 1. Coldness, coolness, chilliness, frigidness, gelidity, gelidness, low temperature. 2. Dulness, frigidness, lifelessness, want of animation. 3. Frigidness, formality, primness, stiffness, rigidity, repelling manner, forbidding manner,… …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • frigidity — n 1. chill, coldness, cold, gelidity, al gidity, iciness, frozenness; bitterness, rawness, sharpness. 2. indifference, apathy, inertia, lifelessness, tameness, dullness; imperturbability, imperturbation, stoniness, callousness, obdurateness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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