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The literal meaning of this Greek term is '''disappearance'''.
It was first introduced into [[psychoanalysis]] by [[Ernest Jones]], who uses it to mean "the [[disappearance]] of [[sexual]] [[desire]]."<ref>Jones, Ernest. 1927. "Early Development of Female Sexuality" in ''Papers on Psychoanalysis'' (5th edn), Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1948.</ref>
For Jones, the [[fear]] of [[aphanisis]] exists in both [[sex]]es, giving rise to the [[castration complex]] in [[male|boys]] and to [[penis envy]] in [[female|girls]].
