English Explanatory Dictionary

Coolidge effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phenomenon in animal species whereby males (and to a lesser extent females) exhibit renewed sexual interest if introduced to new receptive sexual partners, even after cessation of sex with prior but still available sexual partners.

Word forms

Coolidge effect Coolidge effects

Etymology

First used in a 1955 publication by behavioral endocrinologist Frank A. Beach, to whom it was suggested by a student, in reference to a joke about US president Calvin Coolidge and sexual promiscuity.

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