Dictionary

pansexuality en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌpæn.sɛk.ʃuˈæl.ɪ.ti/ (General-American)
• /ˌpæn.sɛk.sjuˈæl.ɪ.ti/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English pansexual Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English pansexuality From pansexual + -ity.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) A sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people regardless of their gender or sex.
   • They know nothing of flower power or meditation, pansexuality, or mind expansion. 1976 June 7, Nik Cohn, “Inside the Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night”, in New York Magazine:
2. (rare, uncountable, usually) Sexuality that encompasses all kinds of sexuality.
   • Pansexuality encompasses all kinds of sexuality. It differs, however, from pansexualism, a perspective that declares “all desire and interest are derived from the sex instinct.” Pansexuality includes heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, and sexual behavior that does not necessarily involve a coupling. It includes, for example, masturbation, celibacy, fetishism, and fantasy. Moreover, pansexuality includes heteroerotic and homoerotic play and sexual aggression, sometimes mislabeled as “horseplay.” 1999, “Jennifer A Dobrac”, in The Oncale Opinion: A Pansexual Response, 30 MCGEORGE L. REV. 1269, page 2:

Forms

Relateds

pansexual

Synonyms

omnisexuality

Translations (42)

sh пансексуалност (sexual orientation) · id panseksualitas (sexual orientation) · no panfili (sexual orientation) · sv omnisexualitet (sexual orientation) · ro pansexualitate (sexual orientation) · uz panseksuallik (sexual orientation) · hi सर्वलैंगिकता (sexual orientation) · ja 全性愛 (sexual orientation) · pt pansexualidade (sexual orientation) · da panseksualitet (sexual orientation) · it pansessualità (sexual orientation) · br hollreizhelezh (sexual orientation) · ca pansexualitat (sexual orientation) · es pansexualidad (sexual orientation) · cmn 泛性戀 /泛性恋 (sexual orientation) · hu pánszexualitás (sexual orientation) · de Pansexualität (sexual orientation) · ta அனைத்துப்பாலீர்ப்பு (sexual orientation) · fr pansexualité (sexual orientation) · sh пансексуализам (sexual orientation) · cs pansexualita (sexual orientation) · sv pansexualitet (sexual orientation) · gl pansexualidade (sexual orientation) · bg пансексуа́лност (sexual orientation) · ka პანსექსუალობა (sexual orientation) · cmn 全性戀 /全性恋 (sexual orientation) · eo ĉiuseksemo (sexual orientation) · eu pansexualitate (sexual orientation) · da omniseksualitet (sexual orientation) · fa همهجنسگرایی (sexual orientation) · sh panseksualnost (sexual orientation) · ar شُمُولِيَّة جِنْسِيّة (sexual orientation) · ru пансексуа́льность (sexual orientation) · tr panseksüellik (sexual orientation) · nl panseksualiteit (sexual orientation) · pl panseksualizm (sexual orientation) · ko 범성애 (sexual orientation) · fi panseksuaalisuus (sexual orientation) · sh panseksualizam (sexual orientation) · sl panseksualizem (sexual orientation) · is alkynhneigð (sexual orientation) · eo ajnseksemo (sexual orientation)