dominatrix
noun
do·mi·na·trix
ˌdä-mi-ˈnā-triks 
plural dominatrices
ˌdä-mi-ˈnā-trə-sēz
-nə-ˈtrī-sēz
also dominatrixes
: a woman who physically or psychologically dominates her partner in a sadomasochistic encounter
broadly
: a dominating woman
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Sriram stars in her 16mm debut as AP, a fun-loving dominatrix who learns from a tarot reader (Big Freedia) that she’s been cursed, and the only way to lift the curse is to come up with $1,000 and sacrifice a baby lamb.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
Within a decade of Mahler’s death, Mahler-Werfel had acquired a reputation as a femme fatale, a sort of intellectual dominatrix.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
On his head is a bucket hat rife with mushrooms and aliens, psychedelic motifs that on a sober person are more or less the sartorial equivalent of a priest dressed as a dominatrix.
—Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
And when the women in their lives get involved — one pregnant wife and one a dominatrix — the stakes skyrocket.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
Within a decade of Mahler’s death, Mahler-Werfel had acquired a reputation as a femme fatale, a sort of intellectual dominatrix.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
On his head is a bucket hat rife with mushrooms and aliens, psychedelic motifs that on a sober person are more or less the sartorial equivalent of a priest dressed as a dominatrix.
—Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
And when the women in their lives get involved — one pregnant wife and one a dominatrix — the stakes skyrocket.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Dominatrix.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dominatrix. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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