dominatrix
English
Etymology
From Latin dominatrix
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌdɒmɪˈneɪtɹɪks/[1]
Noun
dominatrix (plural dominatrices or dominatrixes)
- A dominating woman; a female dominator.[1]
- A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices.[1]
- 2003, Lora Shaner, Madam: Inside a Nevada Brothel (page 296)
- Shadowy masked dominatrixes in stiletto-heeled hip boots snap commands and whips with equal fury.
- 2006, Russell Campbell, Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema (page 226)
- But even as movies depicting successful madams, freelance hookers, and dominatrices were celebrating prostitution as a marketplace expression of the new sexual freedom, doubts were emerging, a backlash growing.
- 2010, H. A. Carson, A Roaring Girl: An Interview with the Thinking Man's Hooker (page 134)
- I've always maintained that the dominatrix is as much a misogynistic caricature as the virginal, asexual "good" girl or the disgusting "nymphomaniac/slut." The so-called dominant woman is a dark, eerie version of the woman on a pedestal.
- 2003, Lora Shaner, Madam: Inside a Nevada Brothel (page 296)
Derived terms
Translations
A dominating woman; a female dominator
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References
- The Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition]
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /do.mi.na.ˈtriks/
- Hyphenation: do‧mi‧na‧trix
Spanish
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