onan·ism | \ ˈō-nə-ˌni-zəm 
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\Definition of onanism
1 : masturbation
3 : self-gratification the kind of intellectual onanism to which he was dedicated— Esther P. Shiverick
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1 : masturbation
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The first known use of onanism was in 1718
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