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sex-negative en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. Having a generally negative view of sexuality; seeking to repress and control the libido; (in particular) seeking to ban sex work, pornography, and kinky or unusual kinds of sex.
    • The sexual climate produced by a war on pornography is a sex-negative climate, and its antisexualism permeates society. 1988, John Money, Gay, Straight, and In-between, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 177:
    • In North America, sexual values tend to be sex-negative and thus contribute to the development of sexual difficulties. 2012, Richard McAnulty, editor, Sex in College: The Things They Don't Write Home About, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 246:

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most sex-negative Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

sex-positive

Deriveds

sex negativity