phallic
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English
Etymology
From phallus (“penis”) + -ic.
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Adjective
phallic (not comparable)
- Relating to, or characteristic of the penis.
- 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 10:
- A little later the phallic explanation of everything came into fashion. The deities were all polite names for the organs and powers of procreation.
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 128:
- The natural rhythm of the male is a phallic one of rise and fall, whether it involves towers, stock markets, or whole civilizations.
- Shaped like an erect human penis.
- My mother has a very phallic salt shaker.
- 1993, Joseph Downton, Washington D.C.: An Alternative Guide, page T-221:
- For many first-time visitors, a common initial impression of the Washington Monument is that it is incredibly phallic.
- 2005, Mother Mother (lyrics and music), “Verbatim”:
- The incinerator and a big smoke stack / It's a phallic symbol and it makes me laugh
- Relating to or exhibiting masculine or patriarchal traits, seen metaphorically as seated in the male genitalia.
- 1990 April 14, Jeremy Grainger, Read Weaver, “You Don't Gotta!”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
- Opposing the war in El Salvador and opposing the phallic aggression everywhere.
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having to do with the penis — see penile
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