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sexual

adj
/sɛk.ʃuː.əl/UK/sɛk.ʃu.əl/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual From Latin sexuālis, from sexus (“sex”), equivalent to sex + -ual. By surface analysis, sex- + -u- + -al.

  1. borrowed from sexuālis

Definitions

  1. Arising from the fact of being male or female

    Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes.

    • Women face sexual discrimination in the workplace.

  2. Capable of sexual reproduction

    Capable of sexual reproduction; sexed, sexuate.

  3. Pertaining to sexual intercourse or other intimate physical contact.

    • Giving oral sex is my favorite sexual act.
    • The church was tighening up on matters sexual. Until the middle of the tenth century it had been quite routine for priests to be married.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. Characterised by sexual feelings or behaviour

      Characterised by sexual feelings or behaviour; possessing sexuality.

      • She's a very sexual woman.
      • 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.

    2. Pertaining to sexuality as a cultural phenomenon

      Pertaining to sexuality as a cultural phenomenon; relating to sexual behaviour or conduct.

      • a sexual innuendo
      • one's sexual preferences

    3. Experiencing sexual attraction

      Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual.

      • […] “You know, there are asexuals with sexual partners.” His ears flicked, and he grinned. “There's things both of us can try to do[…]”
      • 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.”

    4. Pertaining to the female sex.

      • [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.

    5. A species which reproduces by sexual rather than asexual reproduction, or a member of…

      A species which reproduces by sexual rather than asexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.

    6. A person who experiences sexual attraction, a person who has interest in or desire for…

      A person who experiences sexual attraction, a person who has interest in or desire for sex (especially as contrasted with an asexual).

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Derived

androsexual, antisexual, asexual, autosexual, bisexual, chemosexual, cissexual, consexual, contrasexual, cosexual, cybersexual, demisexual, ecosexual, ephebosexual, erotosexual, esexual, eusexual, finsexual, flexisexual, genetic sexual attraction, gray-sexual, graysexual, gynesexual, have sexual relations, heterosexual, hobosexual, homosexual, hypersexual, hyposexual, intersexual, intrasexual, isosexual, lithsexual, malsexual, matrisexual, minsexual, monosexual, morosexual, multisexual, necrosexual · +107 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at sexual. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01sexual02sexed03libido04mental05individual06human07homo08homosexual09sex10sexuality

A definitional loop anchored at sexual. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at sexual

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA