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plurisexual

plurisexual adjective: sexually attracted to members of multiple sexes.

Adjective

plurisexual (not comparable)

  1. Sexually attracted to members of multiple sexes.
    • My plurisexual friends discussed attraction to people of multiple genders with me.
    • He believes that man is born with a plurisexual disposition and that there is nothing unusual about his seeking satisfaction with either sex...1969, Joan Matthews, “Bisexuality in the Male”, in The Journal of Sex Research, volume 5, number 2, →DOI, page 126

Noun

plurisexual (plural plurisexuals)

  1. A plurisexual person.
    • Plurisexuals are often interpreted as half gay/half straight due to the prevailing belief that multigendered attractions are temporary, or illusory.2020, Rosie Nelson, “'What do bisexuals look like? I don't know!' Visibility, gender, and safety among plurisexuals”, in Journal of Sociology, volume 56, number 4, →DOI, page 591

Forms of plurisexual

pluralplurisexuals

Origin of plurisexual

From pluri- + sexual, by analogy with monosexual.

Words formed from plurisexual

Questions about plurisexual

What does plurisexual mean?
Plurisexual means sexually attracted to members of multiple sexes.
What part of speech is plurisexual?
Plurisexual can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near plurisexual in the dictionary

  1. pluripresence
  2. pluriresistant
  3. plurisecular
  4. plurisegmental
  5. pluriseptate
  6. plurisexual
  7. plurisexualities
  8. plurisexuality
  9. plurisexuals
  10. plurisie
  11. plurisies

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