English Explanatory Dictionary

phallic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to, or characteristic of the penis.
  2. Shaped like an erect human penis.
  3. Relating to or exhibiting masculine or patriarchal traits, seen metaphorically as seated in the male genitalia.

Pronunciation

/ˈfælɪk/ en-us-phallic.ogg

Word forms

phallic

Etymology

From phallus (“penis”) + -ic.

Synonyms

ithyphallic penislike priapic

Related words

vulvar yonic phallus

Derived words

antiphallic diphallic dolichophallic ectophallic endophallic macrophallic megalophallic nonphallic periphallic phallically phallicism phallicist phallicity phallicize phallicness pseudophallic unphallic
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