sexual en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /sɛk.θju.əl/ (Received-Pronunciation, dated)
- (Southern-England) audio with yod-coalescence
- /sɛk.ʃəl/ (General-American)
- /sɛk.sju.əl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio without yod-coalescence
- (US) audio
- /sɛks.jəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /sɛk.ʃuː.əl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /sɛk.ʃu.əl/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual Borrowed from Latin sexuālis. By surface analysis, sex + -ual.
Meanings
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Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes.
Women face sexual discrimination in the workplace.
- Capable of sexual reproduction; sexed, sexuate.
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Pertaining to sexual intercourse or other intimate physical contact.
“When you’re not numbing out with substances and suddenly you’re face to face with somebody you want to be sexual with, that can be really scary at first,” said Laura Rademacher, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Minneapolis who offers a class on sober sex in her practice.
2025 January 17, Catherine Pearson, “The Joy — and Awkwardness — of Sober Sex”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:Giving oral sex is my favorite sexual act.
The church was tighening up on matters sexual. Until the middle of the tenth century it had been quite routine for priests to be married.
1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 169:One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1:
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Characterised by sexual feelings or behaviour; possessing sexuality.
We don't often think of Jesus as a sexual person, but He certainly was not asexual. He was not just God on earth. He was fully human and […] He was sexual, single, and celibate.
1994, Purity & passion, →ISBN, page 67:She's a very sexual woman.
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Pertaining to sexuality as a cultural phenomenon; relating to sexual behaviour or conduct.
one's sexual preferences
a sexual innuendo
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(of a person, rare) Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual.
Izzy tells me that at her high school the most useful distinction is not between heterosexuals and homosexuals but between those who are sexual and those who are not. The abstainers call themselves “aces,” short for “asexuals.”
2017, T. T. Monday, Double Switch, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, →ISBN, page 98:[…] “You know, there are asexuals with sexual partners.” His ears flicked, and he grinned. “There's things both of us can try to do[…]”
2016, Kyell Gold, Black Angel, Kyell Gold, →ISBN:
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(obsolete) Pertaining to the female sex.
[T]he inquiry is whether she have reason or not. If she have, which, for a moment, I will take for granted, she was not created merely to be the solace of man, and the sexual should not destroy the human character.
1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, “Observations on the State of Degradation to which Woman is Reduced by Various Causes”, in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC, page 112:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most sexual | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more sexual | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
sexual diversity · sexual reassignment · urethrosexual · pansexual · sexual congress · perisexual · matrisexual · psychosexual · cissexual · bisexual · necrosexual · sexual method · monosexual · orthosexual · malsexual · cosexual · sexual capital · postsexual · erotosexual · xenosexual · sexual dichromatism · sexual orientation · sexual play · sexual relation · eusexual · smexual · sexual harassment · parasexual · androsexual · sexual anorexia · sexual politics · subsexual · sexual market value · sexual favor · unisexual · ninsexual · sexual slavery · asexual · finsexual · suprasexual · sexual climax · sexualness · sexual headache · sexual preference · presexual · ephebosexual · persistent sexual arousal syndrome · sexualization · sexual favour · unsexual · gray-sexual · sexual offender · demisexual · sexual partner · sexualize · sexual marketplace · sexual selection · sexual appetite · sexual reassignment surgery · sexual assault · sexually · urinosexual · sexual dimorphism · sexual inversion · sexual fraternization · polysexual · omnisexual · plurisexual · intersexual · flexisexual · sexual relations · sextual · sexualist · chemosexual · consexual · have sexual relations · robosexual · other-sexual · sexual minority · pornosexual · zoosexual · minsexual · transsexual · isosexual · sexual division of labour · sexual orientation change efforts · quasisexual · objectum-sexual · pomosexual · antisexual · lithsexual · morosexual · patrisexual · sapiosexual · ubersexual · sexual literacy · pedosexual · supersexual · sexualism · vegansexual · gynesexual · cybersexual · sexual violence · sexual mimicry · sexual tension · ecosexual · pseudosexual · sexual predator · sexualogy · trisexual · sexual revolution · sexuality · sexual dysfunction · esexual · hyposexual · sexual cannibalism · sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts · autosexual · genetic sexual attraction · sexual majority · schizosexual · pan-sexual · sexual act · nonsexual · sexual education · multisexual · graysexual · hypersexual · sociosexual · contrasexual · sexual abuse · sexual anorexic · protosexual · sexual dichronism · sexual complex · sexualistic · intrasexual · sexual intercourse · homosexual · hobosexual · sexual reproduction · sexual misconduct · non-sexual · heterosexual · sexual identity · sexual union · sexual maturity
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Synonyms
Translations (141)
ar جِنْسِيّ (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · ca sexual (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · cmn 性的 (of or relating to having sex) · sk sexuálny (of or relating to sexuality) · ro sexual (of or relating to sexuality) · pt sexual (of or relating to sexuality) · id seksual (of or relating to having sex) · uk сексуа́льний (of or relating to having sex) · ru полово́й (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · sw kijinsia (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · ru полово́й (of or relating to sexuality) · sk pohlavný (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · sv sex- (of or relating to having sex) · fr sexuel (of or relating to having sex) · sv köns- (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · sh се̏ксуа̄лан (of or relating to having sex) · hu ivaros (of or relating to having sex) · sl seksualen (of or relating to sexuality) · kk жыныстық (of or relating to having sex) · nl seksueel (of or relating to sexuality) · nb seksuell (of or relating to sexuality) · be пло́цевы (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · mt sesswali (of or relating to sexuality) · nb seksuell (of or relating to having sex) · mk полов (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · ml ലൈംഗിക (of or relating to having sex) · se seksuála (of or relating to having sex) · sk sexuálny (of or relating to having sex) · cs sexuální (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · grc ἀφροδίσιος (of or relating to sexuality) · is kynferðisleg (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · fo kynsligur (of or relating to sexuality) · hy սեռային (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · hu nemi (of or relating to sexuality) · fi sukupuolinen (of or relating to having sex) · grc γενετήσιος (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · sh sȅksuālan (of or relating to sexuality) · be пло́цевы (of or relating to having sex) · nn seksuell (of or relating to sexuality) · sk sexuálny (of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences) · pl seksualny (of or relating to sexuality) · et seksuaalne (of or relating to having sex) · ru сексуа́льный (of or relating to sexuality) · ml ലൈംഗിക (of or relating to sexuality) · es sexual (of or relating to having sex) · sh sȅksuālan (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · pl seksualny (of or relating to having sex) · ca sexual (of or relating to having sex) · sv sexuell (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · sv sexuell (of or relating to having sex) · pt sexual (of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences) · cs pohlavní (of or relating to having sex) · be палавы́ (of or relating to having sex) · mk полов (of or relating to having sex) · ka სექსუალური (of or relating to having sex) · fi seksuaalinen (of or relating to having sex) · ro sexual (of or relating to having sex) · io sexuala (of or relating to sexuality) · et sugu- (of or relating to having sex) · fo kynsligur (of or relating to having sex) · fi sukupuolinen (of or relating to sexuality) · ja 性的 (of or relating to sexuality) · nn seksuell (of or relating to having sex) · bg по́лов (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · hu nemi (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · uk стате́вий (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · sv könlig (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · cs pohlavní (of or relating to sexuality) · el σεξουαλικός (of or relating to sexuality) · ru полово́й (of or relating to having sex) · el σεξουαλικός (of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences) · da kønslig (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · ms seksual (of or relating to sexuality) · id seksual (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · fa-ira جِنْسی (of or relating to having sex) · hu szexuális (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · vi tình dục (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · la sexualis (of or relating to having sex) · ps جنسي (of or relating to having sex) · da køns- (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · hu szexuális (of or relating to sexuality) · eo seksa (of or relating to having sex) · et sugu- (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · nl seksueel (of or relating to having sex) · ar جِنْسِيّ (of or relating to having sex) · bg сексуа́лен (of or relating to having sex) · eo amora (of or relating to having sex) · pl płciowy (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · ps جنسي (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · gl sexual (of or relating to having sex) · ps جنسي (of or relating to sexuality) · fo kynsligur (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · ar جِنْسِيّ (of or relating to sexuality) · sh се̏ксуа̄лан (of or relating to sexuality) · sh се̏ксуа̄лан (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · az cinsi (of or relating to having sex) · tg ҷинсӣ (of or relating to having sex) · sh sȅksuālan (of or relating to having sex) · cs sexuální (of or relating to sexuality) · hy սեռական (of or relating to sexuality) · oc sexual (of or relating to having sex) · uk стате́вий (of or relating to having sex) · pt sexual (of or relating to having sex) · it sessuale (of or relating to having sex) · mk сексуа́лен (of or relating to sexuality) · fa-ira جِنْسی (of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences) · mt sesswali (of or relating to having sex) · fa-ira جِنْسی (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · sl seksualen (of or relating to having sex) · sk pohlavný (of or relating to having sex) · pt sexuado (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · fi sukupuolinen (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · ko 성의 (of or relating to having sex) · fi seksuaalinen (of or relating to sexuality) · sl spolen (of or relating to having sex) · ko 성적인 (of or relating to having sex) · be палавы́ (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · mk сексуа́лен (of or relating to having sex) · ar جِنْسِيّ (of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences) · ja 性的 (of or relating to having sex) · ka სქესობრივი (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · sv sexuell (of or relating to sexuality) · fa-ira جِنْسی (of or relating to sexuality) · fi sukupuoli- (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · ca sexual (of or relating to sexuality) · hy սեռական (of or relating to having sex) · el σεξουαλικός (of or relating to having sex) · da seksuel (of or relating to having sex) · he מִינִי (of or relating to having sex) · ru сексуа́льный (of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences) · grc ἀφροδίσιος (of or relating to having sex) · be сэксуа́льны (of or relating to having sex) · ru сексуа́льный (of or relating to having sex) · pl płciowy (of or relating to having sex) · gd gnèitheach (of or relating to sexuality) · cs sexuální (of or relating to having sex) · cs pohlavní (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · da seksuel (of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences) · bg по́лов (of or relating to having sex) · sl spolen (of or relating to the sex of an organism) · ro sexual (of or relating to the sex of an organism)