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casual sex

casual sex noun: sexual activity that is undertaken without commitment, emotional attachment, and/or personal familiarity between the participants involved.

Noun

casual sex (uncountable)

  1. Sexual activity that is undertaken without commitment, emotional attachment, and/or personal familiarity between the participants involved.
    • He was after more than casual sex: he was looking for a long-term relationship.
    • Makes you sick really, doesn't it? The thought of it. Casual sex.1999 February 3, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Strangler's Wood”, in Midsomer Murders

Questions about casual sex

What does casual sex mean?
Casual sex means sexual activity that is undertaken without commitment, emotional attachment, and/or personal familiarity between the participants involved.
What part of speech is casual sex?
Casual sex is a noun.

Words near casual sex in the dictionary

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  3. casual game
  4. casual games
  5. casual gaming
  6. casual sex
  7. casual ward
  8. casual wards
  9. casual water
  10. casualisation
  11. casualisations

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