Definition of "hypersexuality" [hypersexuality]

• The desire for one's sexual behaviour at levels high enough to be considered clinically significant (noun)

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• "Psychiatrists do use the term "hypersexuality" to describe compulsive promiscuity, but it's considered a symptom of a variety of psychological disturbances, not a disease in itself."
• "Finally, on "Three's Company" in the late 70's and 80's, he sent up the comedian's hypersexuality, which is often his pride."
• "Besides this, the "hypersexuality" of our media (and of some manga and anime) is a real concern; much of what we call "romance" is disordered, and some of it actually slides across the line into pornography; I've even been informed by people who read such material that this includes romance fiction marketed specifically to Christian women."