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orthosexuality

orthosexuality noun: the orthodox or socially accepted form of sexuality or sexual expression in a particular culture.

Noun

orthosexuality (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The orthodox or socially accepted form of sexuality or sexual expression in a particular culture.
    • We have erected, perhaps in place of other erections, entire structures of intelligibility and comprehensibility on and around the pandemic, structures that themselves render AIDS normative and routine: the business of AIDS, constructed and carried on around an impossible object, has become—like...1996, William Haver, The Body of This Death: Historicity and Sociality in the Time of AIDS, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, pages 2–3
    • To prevent these unintended pregnancies, it is time to take a new approach to sex education -- orthosexuality. Ortho is from the Greek meaning proper or correct, thus orthosexuality is a method of sex education that focuses on correctly channeling the sexual drive while emphasizing the importance...1998 April 5, J. Anthony Samenfink, “It's Time To Take A 'Correct' Approach To Sex Education”, in Chicago Tribune

Examples of orthosexuality in a sentence

  • To prevent these unintended pregnancies, it is time to take a new approach to sex education -- orthosexuality.1998 April 5, J. Anthony Samenfink, “It's Time To Take A 'Correct' Approach To Sex Education”, in Chicago Tribune:
  • […] from ads in naichi (metropolitan) magazines and newspapers published inside Japan[,] in that the regulative ideal of orthosexuality was not assumed to be reproductive, monogamous marriage.2005, Barbara Molony, Kathleen S. Uno, Gendering Modern Japanese History, Harvard University Asia Center, →ISBN, page 193:

Origin of orthosexuality

From ortho- + sexuality.

Questions about orthosexuality

What does orthosexuality mean?
Orthosexuality means the orthodox or socially accepted form of sexuality or sexual expression in a particular culture.
How do you use orthosexuality in a sentence?
To prevent these unintended pregnancies, it is time to take a new approach to sex education -- orthosexuality.
What part of speech is orthosexuality?
Orthosexuality is a noun.

Words near orthosexuality in the dictionary

  1. orthoselection
  2. orthoselective
  3. orthoserpierite
  4. orthoses
  5. orthosexual
  6. orthosexuality
  7. orthosia
  8. Orthosian
  9. orthosias
  10. Orthosie
  11. orthosilicate

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