The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines hypersexual as "exhibiting unusual or excessive concern with or indulgence in sexual activity". Sexologists have been using the term hypersexuality since the late 1800s, but consistent with there not being any consensus over what causes hypersexuality in most women, authors have used many different labels to refer to it, sometimes interchangeably, but often depending on which theory they favor or which specific behavior they were studying. Terms to describe women with the condition have included clitoromaniac , nympho , and nymphomaniac , amongst other... Show more