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sexlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From sex + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling sex or some aspect of it.
   • Some bacteria occasionally have a sexlike process, or conjugation […] 1993, Robert Wesson, Beyond natural selection:
   • Because many drugs produce a sexlike pleasure, there is a close relationship between drug taking and sex. Both sexual and drug-induced sensations command attention and condition the brain to seek repetition of the experience. 1977, Hardin B. Jones, Helen C. Jones, Sensual Drugs: Deprivation and Rehabilitation of the Mind, page 111:

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Relateds

unsexlike