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sexologist en · NOUN

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Etymology

Etymology tree English sex Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English -logist English -ologist English sexologist From sex + -ologist.

Meanings

1. Someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality.
   • Then there's US sexologist Ray Blanchard, best known for his ... well, problematic concept of autogynyphelia: the idea that trans women are actually men who feel attracted to their female-selves. 2012 December 9, Paris Lees, “Transgender people get a status update”, in The Guardian:
   • Daniel Bergner, age 48, the divorced father of two teenage children, is what sexologists would call a straight, vanilla teleiophile. 2009 January 24, Charles Mcgrath, “Surveying the Outer Reaches of Lust”, in The New York Times:

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Translations (34)

cmn 性學家 /性学家 (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · gl sexólogo (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · km ភេទវិទូ (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · nl seksuologe (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · nl seksuoloog (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · el σεξολόγος (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · hu szexológus (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · mn сексологич (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · pt sexóloga (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · de Sexualforscherin (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · it sessuologo (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · de Sexologin (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · sk sexuologička (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · ca sexòloga (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · ru сексо́лог (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · de Sexologe (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · it sessuologa (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · fi seksologi (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · sk sexuológ (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · pt sexologista (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · es sexólogo (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · ca sexòleg (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · es sexóloga (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · sv sexolog (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · pt sexólogo (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · cs sexuolog (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · ar عَالِم اَلْجِنْس (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · de Sexualforscher (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · de Sexualwissenschaftler (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · mk сексоло́г (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · fr sexologue (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · gl sexóloga (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · de Sexualwissenschaftlerin (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) · cs sexuoložka (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality)