sexuality

sex·u·al·i·ty

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sek-shoo-al-i-tee or, esp. British, seks-yoo-]
- /ˌsɛk ʃuˈæl ɪ ti or, esp. British, ˌsɛks yu-/
- /ˌsek.sjuˈæl.ɪ.ti/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [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

See all 11 definitions of sexuality

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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

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Parts of speech for Sexuality

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sexuality

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".

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Synonyms 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.

All 8 Synonyms of sexuality