gastrosexual
Syllables: gas·tro·sex·ualUK/ˌɡæs.tɹəʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/US/ˌɡæs.tɹoʊˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/
gastrosexual adjective: having interest in food and cooking, often as a means of expression or to make an impression on friends and potential romantic interests.
Adjective
gastrosexual (comparative more gastrosexual, superlative most gastrosexual)
- Having interest in food and cooking, often as a means of expression or to make an impression on friends and potential romantic interests.
- The point I am making here is that, whereas the consumption of male semen is ritualistically constituted in pornography and culinary literature as the 'essence' of the gastrosexual condition, female secretions, by way of contrast, are represented as 'abject', potential health hazards, and are...2016, Mihalis Mentinis, The Psychopolitics of Food: Culinary Rites of Passage in the Neoliberal Age, Taylor & Francis, page 94
- In the gastrosexual persona, we observe male chefs embracing an emotionally-charged caretaking role through food production. The gastrosexual persona represents a masculinity that complicates gender role boundaries in terms of both actions and affect.2017, Michelle Szabo, Shelley Koch, Food, Masculinities, and Home: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 224
Noun
gastrosexual (plural gastrosexuals)
- A person who is gastrosexual.
- In Gastro Grilling, you will find recipes for that special gastrosexual in your family,[…]2013, Ted Reader, Gastro Grilling: Fired-up Recipes To Grill Great Everyday Meals: A Cookbook, Penguin Group, page 10
- The gastrosexual emphasizes the pleasure he finds in home cooking, although he mainly cooks for leisure rather than necessity. At the same time, the gastrosexual's food credentials are never in doubt, even while he takes on untraditional domestic food and care work.2017, Michelle Szabo, Shelley Koch, Food, Masculinities, and Home: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 224
Forms of gastrosexual
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more gastrosexual |
| superlative | most gastrosexual |
| Noun | |
| plural | gastrosexuals |
Origin of gastrosexual
From gastro- + -sexual.
Words that rhyme with gastrosexual
- bisexual
- sexual
- ambisexual
- androsexual
- heterosexual
- homosexual
- omnisexual
- polysexual
- technosexual
- transsexual
- abrosexual
- aegosexual
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Questions about gastrosexual
- What does gastrosexual mean?
- Gastrosexual means having interest in food and cooking, often as a means of expression or to make an impression on friends and potential romantic interests.
- What part of speech is gastrosexual?
- Gastrosexual can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce gastrosexual?
- Gastrosexual is pronounced /ˌɡæs.tɹəʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/ (UK).
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