Sekirov Dictionary

sexual

/sɛk.ʃuː.əl/

adjective 7
noun 2
forms 3
phrases 3

adjective7

•
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.
•
connected with making love, or with touching someone's body for pleasure
- Giving oral sex is my favorite sexual act.
•
Pertaining to sexuality as a cultural phenomenon; relating to sexual behaviour or conduct.
- one's sexual preferences
•
Characterised by sexual feelings or behaviour; possessing sexuality.
- She's a very sexual woman.
•
(rare) 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[…]” — 2016
Capable of sexual reproduction; sexed, sexuate.
(no longer used) Pertaining to the female sex.

noun2

A person who experiences sexual attraction, a person who has interest in or desire for sex (especially as contrasted with an asexual).
A species which reproduces by sexual rather than asexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.

forms

sexuals · more sexual · most sexual

Phrases with sexual

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