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pansexuality

/ˌpæn.sɛk.sjuˈæl.ɪ.ti/US/ˌpæn.sɛk.ʃuˈæl.ɪ.ti/

pansexuality noun: a sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people regardless of their gender or sex.

Noun

pansexuality (usually uncountable, plural pansexualities)

  1. (usually) A sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people regardless of their gender or sex.
    • They know nothing of flower power or meditation, pansexuality, or mind expansion.1976 June 7, Nik Cohn, “Inside the Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night”, in New York Magazine
  2. (rare, usually) Sexuality that encompasses all kinds of sexuality.
    • Pansexuality encompasses all kinds of sexuality. It differs, however, from pansexualism, a perspective that declares “all desire and interest are derived from the sex instinct.” Pansexuality includes heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, and sexual behavior that does not necessarily involve...1999, “Jennifer A Dobrac”, in The Oncale Opinion: A Pansexual Response, 30 MCGEORGE L. REV. 1269, page 2

pansexuality meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Arabic

pansexuality in Hindi

sexual orientation
सर्वलैंगिकता sarvlaiṅgiktā

pansexuality in Tamil

sexual orientation
அனைத்துப்பாலீர்ப்பு aṉaittuppālīrppu

pansexuality in Bengali

pansexuality
সর্বকামিতা śorbokamita

pansexuality in Arabic

sexual orientation
شُمُولِيَّة جِنْسِيّة
More languagesFewer languages
pansexuality in Indonesian
panseksualitas
pansexuality in Persian
همهجنسگرایی hame-jens-garâyi

Synonyms of pansexuality

Forms of pansexuality

pluralpansexualities

Origin of pansexuality

From pansexual + -ity.

Questions about pansexuality

What does pansexuality mean?
Pansexuality means a sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people regardless of their gender or sex.
What is pansexuality in Hindi?
Pansexuality in Hindi is सर्वलैंगिकता (sarvlaiṅgiktā). See Pansexuality meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is pansexuality?
Pansexuality is a noun.
How do you pronounce pansexuality?
Pansexuality is pronounced /ˌpæn.sɛk.ʃuˈæl.ɪ.ti/ (US).
What is the plural of pansexuality?
The plural of pansexuality is pansexualities.

Words near pansexuality in the dictionary

  1. pansexual
  2. pansexualism
  3. pansexualist
  4. pansexualists
  5. pansexualities
  6. pansexuality
  7. pansexualization
  8. pansexualize
  9. pansexualized
  10. pansexualizes
  11. pansexualizing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pansexuality (page history and authors); সর্বকামিতা (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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