Lysistratan

English

Etymology

From Lysistrata +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Lysistratan (comparative more Lysistratan, superlative most Lysistratan)

  1. Of or relating to Lysistrata; achieving a political goal by denying sex to one's partner, or similar.
    • 2004, Patrick Hunt, Caravaggio, Haus Publishing, →ISBN, page 14:
      The public and private outcry when Clement tried to outlaw prostitution or banish its practitioners must have reached the very ears of the ascetic pope himself and persuaded him it was entirely impractical: if he needed workmen, they needed women or he would have an outright war of Lysistratan proportions.
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