flexisexual en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌflɛk.sɪˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/ (General-American)
- /flɛksə-/ (General-American)
- /ˌflɛk.sɪˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From flexi- + -sexual.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of a person) Having a fluid sexual orientation or pattern of sexual expression.
Sixty percent of our user base identifies as lesbian and the other 40 percent identifies as other, which includes bisexual, curious, pansexual, flexisexual … anyone who doesn’t identify as fully gay.
2014 April 8, Andrea Park, “Hit lesbian dating app Dattch launches in the U.S.”, in Metro:He resembles a Maine logger, full beard and all, but inside he feels like he's a lesbian. His love IS a lesbian. What is he? What is she? Bisexual? Ambisexual? Flexisexual?
1998, Linda Handel, Now That You're Out of the Closet, What About the Rest of the House?, Pilgrim Press, →ISBN, page 147:Personally, I identify as “flexisexual,” a word I invented because I'm attracted to more than just men and women, and because my patterns of attraction have changed over time.
2011, Jaclyn Friedman, What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl's Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety, Seal Press, →ISBN: