self-stimulationn.
/ˌsɛlfstɪmjᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˌstɪmjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. Stimulation of oneself for pleasure or sexual excitement; spec. masturbation.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > masturbation > [noun]
onanism1600
masturbation1603
mastupration1616
self-pollution1619
self-abuse1718
manustupration1728
self-stimulation1860
jerking1889
friggingc1890
autoeroticism1898
autoerotism1898
automanipulation1920
pocket billiards1940
wanking1944
1860 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Feb. 203 The liberty of genuine prayer is shortened..into a dull and barren process of self-stimulation.
1877 Burlington (Iowa) Daily Hawk-eye 10 July 2/2 A certain self-stimulation of sensuousness.
1933 New Era in Home & School Feb. 70/2 A frequent problem during adolescence..is an insistent urge to self-stimulation.
1951 C. S. Ford & F. A. Beach Patterns Sexual Behaviour ix. 155 American men who begin to masturbate..discontinue the practice..because self-stimulation is replaced by heterosexual intercourse.
2001 Reprod. Health Matters 9 54/1 Most men interviewed described self-stimulation as pleasurable and sometimes essential to relieve sexual urges.
2. The process by which an experimental animal activates an electrode implanted in its brain, esp. in a reward centre, by performing a specific action or task.
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1955 Science 28 Oct. 830/2 (heading) Reward schedules and behavior maintained by intracranial self-stimulation.
1964 J. Z. Young Model of Brain xiv. 234 With stimulating electrodes implanted in them animals can be made either to seek self-stimulation from one centre or to avoid it if the electrode is in..one nearby.
1979 Internat. Rev. Neurobiol. 21 336 These drugs were found to be powerful inhibitors of self-stimulation behavior.
2002 Montreal Gaz. (Nexis) 21 Dec. e4 The lab rats had effectively become addicted to self-stimulation, pressing a bar to deliver a mild shock to the nucleus accumbens.
3. Stimulation of a part or parts of the brain by a person's own actions, esp. (in individuals with autism or other neurodevelopmental conditions) the repetitive performance of certain movements or vocalizations; the performance of such actions. Cf. self-stimming n. at self- prefix 6, stimming n.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > stimulation > [noun] > types of
stimulation1733
alcoholization1836
galvanization1860
brain vibration1864
barotaxy1906
microstimulation1946
reafference1953
self-stimulation1961
1961 Amer. Jrnl. Mental Deficiency 65 703/1 Some behavioral characteristics..could possibly be interpreted as..an attempt to indulge in self-stimulation of one of the remaining primary sensory paths.
1978 Jrnl. Abnormal Child Psychol. 6 302 Parents, previous teachers, and/or psychologists reported that self-stimulation was dominant in the child's repertoire for a minimum of the past 5 years.
1997 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 12 Jan. (Everyday Mag.) c1 Not only does he not communicate, he exhibits some of the classic behaviors of autistics, such as self-stimulation. He rocks back and forth in his corner of the green couch.
2005 L. Schreibman Sci. & Fiction Autism 125 For these children self-stimulation serves the purpose of blocking out the additional stimulation of the outside world.
2014 B. Nason Autism Discuss. Page Anxiety 115 Many adults learn to use alternative fidgets and other self-stimulation to keep their nervous system regulated and to avoid injurious behaviors such as finger-picking.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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