sapiosexuality
nounEtymology
From Latin sapiens (“wise, judicious”) + sexuality or sapiosexual + -ity. Purportedly coined in 1998.
Definitions
The state of being sexually attracted to intelligence or the human mind.
- So a self-confessed culture vulture is a member of communities on authors, sudoku, films, chocolates and sapiosexuality (sapiosexuals are people who are apparently turned on by intelligence).
- I went to friend and psychologist Alejandro Spicker — who's both attractive and smart — and asked him what he thought of sapiosexuality.
- Sapiosexuality is getting aroused not by the physical appearance of a person, but through his or her intelligence.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for sapiosexuality. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA