Definition of Sex drive

1. Noun. A physiological need for sexual activity. "Testosterone is responsible for the male sex drive"

Generic synonyms: Drive

Definition of Sex drive

1. Noun. The tendency or instinct of animals to have sexual intercourse. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Literary usage of Sex drive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Social Hygiene Bulletin by American Social Hygiene Association (1922)
"Man, through reason, directs the channels through which the sex instinct expresses itself, but the sex drive itself is independent of reason. ..."

2. Heartache of Motherhood by Joyce Nicholson (1983)
"... as the result of the greatest physical and universal urge created, the sex drive, is the one who becomes pregnant and bears the child. ..."

3. Do Black Women Hate Black Men? by A. L. Reynolds (1994)
"It is a myth that the black race possesses some inherent biochemical trait that increases the sex drive. It is a fact that many black men have a neurotic ..."

4. Getting Off the Hook: Treatment of Drug Addiction and Social Disorders by Jurriaan Plesman (1986)
"Thus, the differential sex drive of the male and the female appears to be ... sex amongst males seems to have led to greater suppression of the sex drive. ..."

5. The Mars Records Book 1: Clearing Sessions with a Biofeedback Meter Where a by Stephanie Relfe (2000)
"Michael had complained a number of times that he would like to have a higher sex drive. He was very healthy, and able to perform perfectly well in bed. ..."

6. Moon-o-theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume II of II by Yoel Natan (2006)
"'A Hashish user would not lift a finger for the most beautiful woman in Verona,' he writes.4438 Marijuana must have stimulated Muhammad's sex drive. ..."

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