dehymenization
noun/diːˌhaɪmənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Etymology From de- + hymen + -ization.
2
The act of deflowering; a venereal depriving of the hymen, and hence, pucelage; defloration.
- Wiping her face in the remnants of that of her 'husband', Imogen paints with antic grimness a post-coital tableau of bloody dehymenization.1999, Simon Palfrey, Late Shakespeare: A New World of Words, The Oxford University Press, page 218
- A particular complaint is that some gynecologists insist on surgically disposing of the hymen of younger patients. Although surgical dehymenization is a …1981, Christopher Norwood, At Highest Risk - Protecting Children from Environmental Injury, Penguin Books, page 139
2 more examples
- The first is the "promiscuous" mixed-blood who frequently must sacrifice her life before the fade of the story for no other reason than her out-of-wedlock dehymenization.1984, Jon Tuska • Vicki Piekarski • Paul J. Blanding, The Frontier Experience - A Reader's Guide to the Life and Literature of the American West, McFarland Publications, page 35
- … we might say, remembering Henry's project of “making a small hole” in Fanny's heart, with its overtones of dehymenization.2012, William Deresiewicz, Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets, The Columbia University Press - New York, page 76
- Synonyms
- hymenotomy, defloration, depucelage, devirgination, deflowerment, cherry-popping, depucelation