other-sexual
other-sexual adjective: of or relating to sexual orientation toward a different sex from one's own; heterosexual; allosexual.
Adjective
other-sexual (comparative more other-sexual, superlative most other-sexual)
- Of or relating to sexual orientation toward a different sex from one's own; heterosexual; allosexual.
- At the center of the social site, patrons, like other Latin American homosexuals, engage in rituals of sexual exchange enmeshed in the matrix of social relations—homosexual, heterosexual, and other-sexual—produced in and by the space.1997, Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Ramón Grosfoguel, Puerto Rican Jam: Rethinking Colonialism and Nationalism - Page 217
- More recently, Rule, Ambady, Adams, and Macrae (2007) have shown an other-sexual orientation effect, such that targets of one's own sexual orientation were better recognized than were targets in the outgroup. Not only were perceivers able ...2013, Donal E. Carlston, The Oxford Handbook of Social Cognition - Page 182
Forms of other-sexual
| comparative | more other-sexual |
|---|---|
| superlative | most other-sexual |
| alternative form | othersexual |
Origin of other-sexual
From other + sexual.
Questions about other-sexual
- What does other-sexual mean?
- Other-sexual means of or relating to sexual orientation toward a different sex from one's own; heterosexual; allosexual.
- What part of speech is other-sexual?
- Other-sexual is an adjective.
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