Don Juanism or
Don Juan syndrome is a non-clinical term for the desire, in a man, to have sex with many different female partners. The name derives from the
Don Juan of
opera and fiction. The term
satyriasis is sometimes used as a synonym for Don Juanism. The term has also been referred to as the male equivalent of
nymphomania in women. Historian Carol Groneman has claimed that these terms no longer apply with any accuracy as psychological or legal categories of
psychological disorder.