as in satyriasis
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Recent Examples of nymphomania
The old include the obvious (Louis) and less obvious (a one-of-a-kind musical origin story), but the new arrives in the form of the mysterious Gabriella (Jennifer Ehle), Lestat’s undead mother whose thirst for blood ranks a distant second to her nymphomania.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 June 2026
Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nymphomania
Noun
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At the risk of annoying T.J. Clark by seeming to concentrate on the regions below the belt, one is obliged to observe that Picasso suffered from, or exulted in, a bad case of satyriasis that continued well into old age.—
John Banville,
The New Republic,
16 Nov. 2021
Noun
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Here are two real-life examples of this cycle of erotomania.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2024
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This eccentric delusion is clinically recognized as erotomania.—
Eric Taipale,
Discover Magazine,
14 Oct. 2022
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“Nymphomania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nymphomania. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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