Pronunciation Adjective
sexual
- Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to gender, or to the social relations between the sexes. [from 17th c.]
- Women face sexual discrimination in the workplace.
- Pertaining to sexual intercourse or other intimate physical contact. [from 18th c.]
- Giving oral sex is my favorite sexual act.
- (biology) Capable of sexual reproduction; sexed, sexuate. [from 19th c.]
- Characterised by sexual feelings or behaviour; possessing sexuality. [from 19th c.]
- She's a very sexual woman
- 1994, Purity & passion ISBN 0802471307, page 67:
- We don't often think of Jesus as a sexual person, but He certainly was not asexual. He was not just God on earth. He was fully human and […] He was sexual, single, and celibate.
- Pertaining to sexuality as a cultural phenomenon; relating to sexual behaviour or conduct. [from 19th c.]
- a sexual innuendo.
- one's sexual preferences
- (obsolete) Pertaining to the female sex. [17th–19th c.]
- Synonyms: feminine
- Portuguese: sexuado
- Russian: полово́й
- Portuguese: sexual
- Russian: полово́й
- 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#Adjective|sexual attraction, a person who has interest in or desire for sex (especially as contrasted with an asexual).
- Antonyms: asexual
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