sexual
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sexuālis, from sexus (“sex”); see sex.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛkʃuəl/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛkʃuəl/, /ˈsɛksjuəl/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛkʃuəl
Adjective edit
sexual (comparative more sexual, superlative most 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.
- 2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1:
- One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools […] as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
- Characterised by sexual feelings or behaviour; possessing sexuality. [from 19th c.]
- She's a very sexual woman.
- 1994, Purity & passion, →ISBN, 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
- (LGBT, of a person, rare) Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual.
- Synonym: allosexual
- 2016, Kyell Gold, Black Angel, Kyell Gold, →ISBN:
- […] “You know, there are asexuals with sexual partners.” His ears flicked, and he grinned. “There's things both of us can try to do […] ”
- 2017, T. T. Monday, Double Switch, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, →ISBN, page 98:
- Izzy tells me that at her high school the most useful distinction is not between heterosexuals and homosexuals but between those who are sexual and those who are not. The abstainers call themselves “aces,” short for “asexuals.”
- (obsolete) Pertaining to the female sex. [17th–19th c.]
- Synonym: feminine
- 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, chapter IV, in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, 1st American edition, Boston, Mass.: […] Peter Edes for Thomas and Andrews, […], published 1792, →OCLC:
- [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.
Derived terms edit
- androsexual
- asexual
- bisexual
- contrasexual
- demisexual
- finsexual
- genetic sexual attraction
- graysexual
- gray-sexual
- gynesexual
- have sexual relations
- heterosexual
- homosexual
- hypersexual
- malsexual
- minsexual
- necrosexual
- ninsexual
- nonsexual
- non-sexual
- omnisexual
- orthosexual
- other-sexual
- pan-sexual
- pansexual
- parasexual
- patrisexual
- pedosexual
- perisexual
- persistent sexual arousal syndrome
- plurisexual
- polysexual
- robosexual
- sapiosexual
- sexual abuse
- sexual abuse
- sexual act
- sexual anorexia
- sexual anorexic
- sexual anorexic
- sexual appetite
- sexual appetite
- sexual assault
- sexual assault
- sexual cannibalism
- sexual cannibalism
- sexual capital
- sexual complex
- sexual complex
- sexual congress
- sexual congress
- sexual dichromatism
- sexual dichromatism
- sexual dichronism
- sexual dichronism
- sexual dimorphism
- sexual dimorphism
- sexual division of labour
- sexual education
- sexual favor
- sexual favor
- sexual favour
- sexual favour
- sexual fraternization
- sexual fraternization
- sexual harassment
- sexual harassment
- sexual headache
- sexual headache
- sexual identity
- sexual intercourse
- sexual inversion
- sexual inversion
- sexualism
- sexuality
- sexual literacy
- sexual literacy
- sexually
- sexual majority
- sexual majority
- sexual marketplace
- sexual marketplace
- sexual market value
- sexual market value
- sexual maturity
- sexual maturity
- sexual method
- sexual mimicry
- sexual mimicry
- sexual minority
- sexual minority
- sexual misconduct
- sexual misconduct
- sexual orientation
- sexual orientation
- sexual partner
- sexual partner
- sexual play
- sexual politics
- sexual predator
- sexual predator
- sexual preference
- sexual preference
- sexual relation
- sexual relation
- sexual relations
- sexual reproduction
- sexual revolution
- sexual revolution
- sexual selection
- sexual selection
- sexual slavery
- sexual slavery
- sexual tension
- sexual tension
- sexual union
- sexual union
- sexual violence
- sexual violence
- sociosexual
- subsexual
- ubersexual
- unsexual
- vegansexual
- zoosexual
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Descendants edit
- Japanese: セクシャル (sekusharu)
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See also edit
- See also Thesaurus:copulation
Noun edit
sexual (plural sexuals)
- (biology) A species which reproduces by sexual rather than asexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.
- Antonym: asexual
- (LGBT) A person who experiences sexual attraction, a person who has interest in or desire for sex (especially as contrasted with an asexual).
- Synonym: allosexual
- Antonym: asexual
- 2012, Issues in Sexuality and Sexual Behavior Research: 2011 Edition, ScholarlyEditions, →ISBN:
- The findings suggest that asexuality is best conceptualized as a lack of sexual attraction; however, asexuals varied greatly in their experience of sexual response and behavior. Asexuals partnered with sexuals acknowledged having to 'negotiate' sexual activity.
- 2015, Mark Carrigan, Kristina Gupta, Todd G. Morrison, Asexuality and Sexual Normativity: An Anthology, Routledge, →ISBN, page 11:
- In this article we use absence of sexual attraction to others as a definition but recognise that this definition is contested. […] [A survey] was also advertised online (without explicitly mentioning asexuality in the advert), thus aiming to reach a mixture of asexuals and sexuals.
Further reading edit
- “sexual”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “sexual”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sexual (epicene, plural sexuales)
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin sexuālis. First attested in 1839.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural sexuals)
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References edit
- ^ “sexual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading edit
- “sexual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sexual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sexual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sexual m or f (plural sexuais)
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Further reading edit
- “sexual” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sexual (strong nominative masculine singular sexualer, comparative sexualer, superlative am sexualsten)
Declension edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist sexual | sie ist sexual | es ist sexual | sie sind sexual | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | sexualer | sexuale | sexuales | sexuale |
genitive | sexualen | sexualer | sexualen | sexualer | |
dative | sexualem | sexualer | sexualem | sexualen | |
accusative | sexualen | sexuale | sexuales | sexuale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der sexuale | die sexuale | das sexuale | die sexualen |
genitive | des sexualen | der sexualen | des sexualen | der sexualen | |
dative | dem sexualen | der sexualen | dem sexualen | den sexualen | |
accusative | den sexualen | die sexuale | das sexuale | die sexualen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein sexualer | eine sexuale | ein sexuales | (keine) sexualen |
genitive | eines sexualen | einer sexualen | eines sexualen | (keiner) sexualen | |
dative | einem sexualen | einer sexualen | einem sexualen | (keinen) sexualen | |
accusative | einen sexualen | eine sexuale | ein sexuales | (keine) sexualen |
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Occitan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Languedocien) (file)
Adjective edit
sexual m (feminine singular sexuala, masculine plural sexuals, feminine plural sexualas)
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin sexuālis. By surface analysis, sexo + -ual.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sexual m or f (plural sexuais, comparable, comparative mais sexual, superlative o mais sexual or sexualíssimo)
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sexuālis. By surface analysis, sex + -ual.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sexual m or n (feminine singular sexuală, masculine plural sexuali, feminine and neuter plural sexuale)
Declension edit
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | sexual | sexuală | sexuali | sexuale | ||
definite | sexualul | sexuala | sexualii | sexualele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | sexual | sexuale | sexuali | sexuale | ||
definite | sexualului | sexualei | sexualelor | sexualilor |
References edit
- sexual in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin sexuālis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural sexuales)
- sexual (pertaining to the sex of an organism)
- sexual (pertaining to having sex)
- sexual (pertaining to sexual orientation or identity)
- sexual (characterized by sexual feelings or behaviors)
Derived terms edit
- acosador sexual
- acoso sexual
- acto sexual
- agresión sexual
- carácter sexual
- división sexual del trabajo
- identidad sexual
- intersexual
- juguete sexual
- minoría sexual
- orientación sexual
- relación sexual
- reproducción sexual
- sexualidad
- sexualmente
- símbolo sexual
- tensión sexual
- trabajador sexual
- trabajo sexual
- transexual
- turismo sexual
- turista sexual
- vida sexual
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Further reading edit
- “sexual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014