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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

オーガズム

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ōgazumu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Orgasm/ˈɔːr.ɡæz.əm/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"オーガズムは性的体験の頂点と見なされます。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The climax of sexual excitement, characterized by intense pleasure and release of sexual tension.

    "Many people consider the orgasm to be the peak of sexual experience."
  2. 2

    A similar intense emotional or physical release that is not necessarily sexual in nature.

    "The artist described the moment of creation as an orgasm of inspiration."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the French word orgasme, originating in the mid-17th century from Modern Latin orgasmus, and further back from the Greek word orgaidhein meaning 'to swell with lust or excitement'. It entered medical and general English usage to describe the climax of sexual excitement.

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