sexuality

English Online Dictionary. What means sexuality‎? What does sexuality mean?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin sexuālitās.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/, /sɛk.sjuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sɛk.ʃuˈæ.lə.ti/
• Rhymes: -ælɪti
• Hyphenation: sex‧u‧al‧i‧ty

Noun

sexuality (countable and uncountable, plural sexualities)

1. The quality of being sexual; that which is characterized or distinguished by sex.
2. Sexual activity; concern with, or interest in, sexual activity.
3. Sexual potency.
4. Sexual orientation.
5. Sexual identity, gender.

Antonyms

• asexuality

Derived terms

Related terms

• sex
• sexual

Translations

See also

• sensuality

References

• “sexuality”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• sexuality in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• “sexuality”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.