sexual
See also: -sexual
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin sexuālis, from sexus (“sex”); see sex.
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛkʃuəl/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛkʃuəl/, /ˈsɛksjuəl/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛkʃuəl
AdjectiveEdit
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.]
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 5625662194:
- [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 termsEdit
- androsexual
- asexual
- bisexual
- demisexual
- graysexual
- gynesexual
- heterosexual
- homosexual
- hypersexual
- malsexual
- necrosexual
- nonsexual
- omnisexual
- orthosexual
- pansexual
- parasexual
- patrisexual
- pedosexual
- perisexual
- plurisexual
- polysexual
- robosexual
- sapiosexual
- sexual abuse
- sexual act
- sexual anorexic
- sexual appetite
- sexual assault
- sexual cannibalism
- sexual capital
- sexual complex
- sexual congress
- sexual dichromatism
- sexual dichronism
- sexual dimorphism
- sexual favor
- sexual favour
- sexual fraternization
- sexual harassment
- sexual headache
- sexual intercourse
- sexual inversion
- sexual literacy
- sexual majority
- sexual market value
- sexual marketplace
- sexual maturity
- sexual method
- sexual mimicry
- sexual minority
- sexual misconduct
- sexual orientation
- sexual partner
- sexual politics
- sexual predator
- sexual preference
- sexual relation
- sexual reproduction
- sexual revolution
- sexual selection
- sexual slavery
- sexual tension
- sexual union
- sexual violence
- sexualism
- sexuality
- sexually
- subsexual
- ubersexual
- unsexual
- vegansexual
- zoosexual
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Japanese: セクシャル (sekusharu)
TranslationsEdit
of or relating to having sex
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of or relating to the sex of an organism
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of or relating to sexuality
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of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences
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See alsoEdit
- See also Thesaurus:copulation
NounEdit
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).
- 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.
- Synonym: allosexual
- Antonym: asexual
Further readingEdit
- sexual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- sexual in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
AnagramsEdit
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sexual (epicene, plural sexuales)
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CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin sexuālis, attested from 1839.[1]
AdjectiveEdit
sexual (masculine and feminine plural sexuals)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “sexual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Further readingEdit
- “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.
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sexual m or f (plural sexuais)
Derived termsEdit
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Further readingEdit
- “sexual” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sexual (strong nominative masculine singular sexualer, comparative sexualer, superlative am sexualsten)
DeclensionEdit
Positive forms of sexual
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Comparative forms of sexual
Superlative forms of sexual
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OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Languedocien) (file)
AdjectiveEdit
sexual m (feminine singular sexuala, masculine plural sexuals, feminine plural sexualas)
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PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin sexuālis.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sexual m or f (plural sexuais, comparable, comparative mais sexual, superlative o mais sexual or sexualíssimo)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “sexual” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sexual m or n (feminine singular sexuală, masculine plural sexuali, feminine and neuter plural sexuale)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of sexual
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | sexualilor | sexualelor | |||
ReferencesEdit
- sexual in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin sexuālis.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sexual (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 termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “sexual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014