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語源

Borrowed from French masturbation, New Latin masturbātiō, masturbātiōnem. By surface analysis, masturbat(e) +‎ -ion.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌmæstəˈbeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌmɑːstəˈbeɪʃ(ə)n/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌmæstɚˈbeɪʃən/
• ハイフネーション: mas‧tur‧ba‧tion
• 韻: -eɪʃən

名詞

masturbation (usually uncountable, plural masturbations)

1. Sexual stimulation of one's genitalia or other erotic regions, often to the point of orgasm.

   Synonyms: onanism, self-abuse; see also Thesaurus:masturbation

   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     Diogenes in sight of all, exercising his Masturbation, bred a longing desire in the bystanders, that in such sort they might fill their bellies by rubbing or clawing the same.

   • 2005, Jon Kimmel, Clum Babies (Drawn Together), season 2, episode 5, spoken by Foxxy Love (Cree Summer), via Comedy Central:

     Masturbation is fun and natural. Not to mention it's a great way to earn five bucks without touchin' the guy.

   • 2023 January 18, Matt Soniak, “When Corn Flakes Were Part of an Anti-Masturbation Crusade”, in Mental Floss‎, archived from the original on 8 April 2025:

     While masturbation was never favored in Judeo-Christian tradition, Victorian morality, along with the Great Awakening and other religious revivals in America, created a perfect storm for people to really get obsessed with it.

2. (by extension) The stimulation of another person's genitals using the hands.
3. (figurative, derogatory) A vain activity that serves only to provide self-indulgent satisfaction without any practical or external value.

   That experimental film was nothing more than intellectual masturbation for the director.

   • 2013, Days N' Daze, “Misanthropic Drunken Loner”, in Rogue Taxidermy:

     So call me antisocial, call it masturbation
     Either way, it's a solo operation
     I'm just far more comfortable alone

派生語

関連する語

• masturbate
• masturbator
• masturbatory

派生した語

• → Japanese: マスターベーション (masutābēshon)
• → Korean: 마스터베이션 (maseuteobeisyeon)

Further reading

• masturbation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:masturbation on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons