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keldwud keldwud
 
December 15, 2008 12:56 PM

What word could be used to describe the 'opposite of phallic'? As in, feminine.

Let me rephrase.

I am looking for a word that is to Masculine - Feminine

as Phallic - ______
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imshane imshane
 
 December 15, 2008 01:25 PM
"Vulval" and "Clitoric" are words that describe female genitalia.
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clitoric
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clitoric

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• Yonic really hit the spot.

That was the word I was looking for. Thank you all for your assistance. Please feel free to continue adding more information.


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imshane imshane
 
December 15, 2008 01:33 PM
ha. thanks.

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imshane imshane
 
December 15, 2008 01:42 PM
"Yonic" is your word - http://www.rox.com/vocab/yonic/

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kolohe kolohe
 
December 16, 2008 04:26 AM
I think in the Da Vinci code, the two symbols were a triangle with the pointy end up for the phallus, and a triangle with the pointy end down for the chalice.

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craigpearc... craigpearc...
 
December 15, 2008 01:04 PM
phallic doesn't mean masculine.
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http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=phallic


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xinpheld xinpheld
 
December 15, 2008 01:29 PM
Actually, there is no opposite of phallus, as it is an androgynous term:

phal·lus (fls)

1 b. The sexually undifferentiated tissue in an embryo that becomes the penis or clitoris.

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keldwud keldwud
 
December 15, 2008 01:31 PM
Touche :)

So what word could we use to describe something that is the opposite of long and cylindrical objects sometimes equated with the male member?

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edthedoc edthedoc
 
December 15, 2008 01:42 PM
If you are referring specifically to genitalia, I would agree, vulval would seem appropriate.

Alternatively, 'gynaecoid' (or 'gynecoid') is used to describe something with a typically female shape, like a gynaecoid pelvis, for example (a pelvis more typical of a woman, which is wider to permit passage of the fetus during childbirth)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelvis
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gynecoid


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keldwud keldwud
 
December 15, 2008 02:19 PM
Gynaecoid seems to be an appropriate word as well. But it doesn't have the same ring to it as the word phallus or phallic. It is almost like calling breasts mammaries or calling a yoni a vagina.

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