sapiosexuality en · NOUN
Etymology
From Latin sapiens (“wise, judicious”) + sexuality or sapiosexual + -ity. Purportedly coined in 1998.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state of being sexually attracted to intelligence or the human mind.
I went to friend and psychologist Alejandro Spicker — who's both attractive and smart — and asked him what he thought of sapiosexuality.
2012 May, Carolina Montejo, “Sapiosexuality: The intelligent foreplay”, in Vangardist, page 129:So a self-confessed culture vulture is a member of communities on authors, sudoku, films, chocolates and sapiosexuality (sapiosexuals are people who are apparently turned on by intelligence).
2008 August 17, Mohua Das, Malini Banerjee, “Virtual Vanities”, in The Telegraph, Calcutta:Sapiosexuality is getting aroused not by the physical appearance of a person, but through his or her intelligence.
2013 May 28, Sunayana Suresh, “Are women attracted to the sapiosexual men?”, in The Times of India:
Translations (6)
ar الْاِنْجِذَاب لِلْأَذْكِيَاءِ (Translations) · fr sapiosexualité (Translations) · es sapiosexualidad (Translations) · de Sapiosexualität (Translations) · cmn 智性戀 /智性恋 (Translations) · fi sapioseksuaalisuus (Translations)