onanism UK /ˈəʊnəˌnɪzəm/US /ˈoʊnəˌnɪzəm/ noun2 •(formal, old-fashioned) Masturbation.This photograph was far superior. A nude woman was sitting on the edge of a desk next to a globe of the world. The suggested onanism with the piece of chalk intrigued Ignatius. — 1963 •(formal, old-fashioned) Ejaculating outside the vagina during intercourse; (the performing of) coitus interruptus. formsonanisms