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antisexual

antisexual adjective: opposing or disapproving of sexual intercourse.

Adjective

antisexual (comparative more antisexual, superlative most antisexual)

  1. Opposing or disapproving of sexual intercourse.
    • But as the Church through the centuries grew in power and scope - with its monks and their mutilations and asceticisms, and its celibate clergy, and its absolute refusal to recognize the sexual meaning of its own acclaimed symbols (like the Cross, the three fingers of Benediction, the Fleur de Lys...1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 181
    • As more and more heterosexual Americans become aware of homosexuals as human beings instead of archetypes of evil, antisexual society once again needs to find a new class of perverts loathsome enough to serve as the vehicles for the general suppression of sexual deviance.2001, Russell Kick, You are being lied to
  2. Suppressing or reducing sexual desire; anaphrodisiac.
    • Among this group are the solanacei alkaloids, that have a decided anti-sexual tendency. Such plants and similar anaphrodisiacs were often used, especially in the Middle Ages, to promote asceticism and, in the case of monks, to diminish fleshly desires.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 11

Noun

antisexual (plural antisexuals)

  1. One who is opposed to sex or to (teaching, researching, expressing, etc) sexuality.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:antisexual.

Forms of antisexual

Adjective
comparativemore antisexual
superlativemost antisexual
Noun
pluralantisexuals

Origin of antisexual

From anti- + sexual.

Words formed from antisexual

Questions about antisexual

What does antisexual mean?
Antisexual means opposing or disapproving of sexual intercourse.
What part of speech is antisexual?
Antisexual can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antisexual in the dictionary

  1. antisexism
  2. antisexist
  3. antisexists
  4. antisextet
  5. antisextets
  6. antisexual
  7. antisexualist
  8. antisexualists
  9. antisexuality
  10. antisexuals
  11. antisfermion

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