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nonsex

nonsex adjective: not of or pertaining to sex.

Adjective

nonsex (not comparable)

  1. Not of or pertaining to sex.
    • In a girl’s cells, you don’t see two pleasantly active X chromosomes behaving like two ordinary nonsex chromosomes.2007 May 1, Natalie Angier, “For Motherly X Chromosome, Gender Is Only the Beginning”, in New York Times

Origin of nonsex

From non- + sex.

Questions about nonsex

What does nonsex mean?
Nonsex means not of or pertaining to sex.
What part of speech is nonsex?
Nonsex is an adjective.

Words near nonsex in the dictionary

  1. nonsettlers
  2. nonsettling
  3. nonsetulose
  4. nonseverance
  5. nonsevere
  6. nonsex
  7. nonsexism
  8. nonsexist
  9. nonsexists
  10. nonsexual
  11. nonsexuality

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