Dominatrix

Quick meaning: Dominatrix is a noun meaning A dominating woman; a female dominator.

Meaning

A dominating woman; a female dominator.

More Meanings

1. A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices.
2. (informal, intransitive) To act as a dominatrix, especially professionally.

Example Sentences

Cara, when you reach 18, maybe you will take up "dominatrixing" for a living.

Shadowy masked dominatrixes in stiletto-heeled hip boots snap commands and whips with equal fury.

But even as movies depicting successful madams, freelance hookers, and dominatrices were celebrating prostitution as a marketplace expression of the new sexual freedom, doubts were emerging, a backlash growing.

I've always maintained that the dominatrix is as much a misogynistic caricature as the virginal, asexual "good" girl or the disgusting "nymphomaniac/slut." The so-called dominant woman is a dark, eerie version of the woman on a pedestal.

Word Forms

• dominatrices
• dominatrixes
• dominatrixing
• dominatrixed

Synonyms for dominatrix

Depending on context, synonyms include domina, domme.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dominitrix, findom, dominical, dictatoress, hypnodomme, dominie.

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