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sex symbol

sex symbol noun: a person who embodies the sexual ideals of a mass audience.

Noun

sex symbol (plural sex symbols)

  1. A person who embodies the sexual ideals of a mass audience.
    • In the 50's and 60's Marilyn Monroe was considered a sex symbol.

sex symbol meaning in Tamil

sex symbol in Tamil

கவர்ச்சிச் சின்னம்

Forms of sex symbol

pluralsex symbols

Origin of sex symbol

1871 used in Anthropology, first applied to a person in 1959 (Marilyn Monroe).

Questions about sex symbol

What does sex symbol mean?
Sex symbol means a person who embodies the sexual ideals of a mass audience.
What is sex symbol in Tamil?
Sex symbol in Tamil is கவர்ச்சிச் சின்னம். See Sex symbol meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sex symbol?
Sex symbol is a noun.
What is the plural of sex symbol?
The plural of sex symbol is sex symbols.

Words near sex symbol in the dictionary

  1. sex strikes
  2. sex surfer
  3. sex surfers
  4. sex swing
  5. sex swings
  6. sex symbol
  7. sex symbols
  8. sex talk
  9. sex talks
  10. sex tape
  11. sex tapes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sex symbol (page history and authors); sex symbol (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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