Talk:sexual gratification

RFV discussion: November–December 2020
"Sexual conduct or activity, especially masturbation, committed to satisfy or appease one's sexual desires or interests." Not my understanding of the term. You get gratification as a result of those activities; the activity itself is not gratification, right? Equinox ◑ 00:33, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Googling "engaged in sexual gratification" turns up a few results. Troll Control (talk) 13:44, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Is an uncommon process-for-result metonomy worth inclusion? DCDuring (talk) 15:59, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
 * In general, a noun of the form X-ification can either mean the act of X-ifying or the result of such an act. According to Webster’s dictionary of 1828 this also holds for . While the resultative sense has become dominant, I think the active sense is not dead; e.g., here is a use of “engaged in gratification”. So one should expect the combination sexual gratification to have, accordingly, two meanings – either of which is a sum of parts. (There are also plenty of uses of “oral gratification” and “anal gratification”.) --Lambiam 21:28, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

cited Kiwima (talk) 02:37, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

RFV-passed. It is up to RFD now. Kiwima (talk) 06:07, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

RFD discussion: November 2020–January 2021
NISOP. Kiwima (talk) 20:23, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete, SOP. PUC – 10:28, 8 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep. Inner Focus, do you want to keep the entry you created? -- Dentonius (my politics | talk) 18:16, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes. I'd like to keep this entry. As mentioned by some others on the RFV discussion for the same entry, we may need to rework it to make the definition more accurate. Inner Focus (talk) 18:37, 8 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete – SOP, as I argued at the RfV discussion. --Lambiam 22:53, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Def. says this means "Sexual conduct or activity". Is this actually correct? Does "gratification" refer to "conduct" or "activity" or the result/purpose of it? Sorry, I see this point was the subject of the RFV. If it is agreed that "gratification" can mean the activity, then Delete on the grounds that presently there is nothing in the definition, beyond a too-weak "especially" suggestion, that means anything more than "sexual" + "gratiication". Mihia (talk) 23:04, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
 * In any case, even if kept, it would be confusing to readers to show the "conduct/activity" meaning and not the more obvious "result/purpose" meaning. Mihia (talk) 23:35, 12 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete. Equinox ◑ 07:14, 22 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete and deny. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  11:01, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
 * RFD-deleted. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 22:46, 1 January 2021 (UTC)