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- [sek-shoo-al-i-tee or, esp. British, seks-yoo-]
- /ˌsɛk ʃuˈæl ɪ ti or, esp. British, ˌsɛks yu-/
- /ˌsek.sjuˈæl.ɪ.ti/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [sek-shoo-al-i-tee or, esp. British, seks-yoo-]
- /ˌsɛk ʃuˈæl ɪ ti or, esp. British, ˌsɛks yu-/
Definitions of sexuality word
- noun sexuality sexual character; possession of the structural and functional traits of sex. 1
- noun sexuality recognition of or emphasis upon sexual matters. 1
- noun sexuality involvement in sexual activity. 1
- noun sexuality an organism's preparedness for engaging in sexual activity. 1
- uncountable noun sexuality A person's sexuality is their sexual feelings. 0
- uncountable noun sexuality You can refer to a person's sexuality when you are talking about whether they are sexually attracted to people of the same sex or a different sex. 0
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Origin of sexuality
First appearance:
before 1790 One of the 43% newest English words
First recorded in 1790-1800; sexual + -ity
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Sexuality
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sexuality popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sexuality usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sexuality
noun sexuality
- birds and bees — any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- coition — sexual intercourse
- facts of life — any aspect of human existence that must be acknowledged or regarded as unalterable: Old age is a fact of life.
- hots — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- libido — Psychoanalysis. all of the instinctual energies and desires that are derived from the id.
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See also
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