karezza

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Non-religious spiritual sexual practices that draw upon tantric techniques of body control but do not involve any of tantra's cultural or iconographic symbolism; intended to promote birth control, equality for women, and marital pleasure and fidelity.
noun
  1. Alternative form of karezza.

Pronunciation

/kɑˈɹɛtsə/

Word forms

karezza Karetza

Etymology

Coined by Alice Bunker Stockham from Italian carezza (“caress”). Doublet of caress.

Related words

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