syndyastic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek συνδιαστικός (sundiastikós, literally connecting two), a hapax coined in the Ethics of Aristotle, introduced by Kurt Klaus Loewit and Klaus Michael Beier who in Berlin 2004 wrote a coursebook about Sexual Medicine in Clinical Practice inventing syndyastic sexual therapy, which makes it naturally a calque of German syndyastisch now chiefly encountered in Berolinese sources.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌsɪndaɪˈæstɪk/

Adjective[edit]

syndyastic (comparative more syndyastic, superlative most syndyastic)

  1. (psychology, sexual therapy) related to coupleship, the requirement to realize intimacy with a partner