syndyastic

English

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /ˌsɪndaɪˈæstɪk/

Adjective

syndyastic (comparative more syndyastic, superlative most syndyastic)

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