sexual
Etymology
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Etymology
From Latin sexuālis, from sexus, equivalent to
sexual
- Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes. [from 17th c.]
- Women face sexual discrimination in the workplace.
- (biology) Capable of sexual reproduction; sexed, sexuate. [from 19th c.]
- Pertaining to sexual intercourse or other intimate physical contact. [from 18th c.]
- Giving oral sex is my favorite sexual act.
- Characterised by sexual feelings or behaviour; possessing sexuality. [from 19th c.]
- She's a very sexual woman.
- Pertaining to sexuality as a cultural phenomenon; relating to sexual behaviour or conduct. [from 19th c.]
- a sexual innuendo
- one's sexual preferences
- (LGBT, of a, person, rare) Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual.
- Synonyms: allosexual
- (obsolete) Pertaining to the female sex. [17th–19th c.]
- Synonyms: feminine
- 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, “Observations on the State of Degradation to which Woman is Reduced by Various Causes”, in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC ↗, page 112 ↗:
- [T]he inquiry is whether she have reason or not. If she have, which, for a moment, I will take for granted, she was not created merely to be the solace of man, and the sexual should not destroy the human character.
- Portuguese: sexual
- Russian: сексуа́льный
sexual (plural sexuals)
- (biology) A species which reproduces by sexual rather than asexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.
- Antonyms: asexual
- (LGBT) A person who experiences sexual attraction, a person who has interest in or desire for sex (especially as contrasted with an asexual).
- Synonyms: allosexual
- Antonyms: asexual
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