sexualism
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈsɛkʃuəlɪzm/
Noun

sexualism (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being sexual; a sex-oriented approach or focus.
    • 1918, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
      Repudiating the excessive sexualism of Freud and insisting upon the importance of the food-seeking impulse, especially in childhood, he regards all the primary impulses as differentiations of one fundamental energy, the life force which sustains all our strivings, both conscious and unconscious […]
  2. A social theory first introduced by Aline Valette (1850—1899) that promoted socialism with preferential treatment of women because of their role in reproducing the species.
  3. The belief that one set of sexual behaviors is intrinsically superior to another set of sexual behaviors, or prejudice and discrimination based on that belief.
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