sexology
/sɛkˈsɒlədʒi/
sexology noun: the study of sex and sexuality, usually from a psychological or clinical perspective.
Noun
sexology (countable and uncountable, plural sexologies)
- The study of sex and sexuality, usually from a psychological or clinical perspective.
- Synonyms:
- sexual psychology
sexology meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Tagalog
sexology in Tamil
- பாலியல்
sexology in Urdu
- study of sex and sexuality
- جنسیات
sexology in Bengali
- study of sex and sexuality
- যৌনবিদ্যা jōunbidda
sexology in Tagalog
- study of sex and sexuality
- dalubsarian, seksolohiya
More languagesFewer languages
- sexology in Arabic
- طِبّ جِنْسِيّ ṭibb jinsiyy
- sexology in Thai
- เพศวิทยา
- sexology in Vietnamese
- tình dục học
- sexology in Myanmar
- လိင်ပညာ lingpa.nya
Synonyms of sexology
- sexual psychology
Forms of sexology
| plural | sexologies |
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Origin of sexology
Coined by Elizabeth Osgood Goodrich Willard in 1867 from sex + -ology.
Words formed from sexology
Words that rhyme with sexology
- homology
- topology
- technology
- mythology
- ontology
- theology
- typology
- aetiology
- anthology
- archaeology
- biology
- buttonology
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- etymology
- pathology
- phraseology
- psychology
- scatology
- tautology
- apology
- cosmology
- cryptology
- ecology
- neurology
- teleology
- aerology
- anthropology
- arcology
- Christology
- cohomology
- cosmetology
- cytology
- deontology
- epistemology
- eschatology
- ethology
- eucology
- geology
- gerontology
- graphology
- haplology
- heterology
- hydrology
- ideology
- lepidopterology
- oology
- phonology
- radiology
- tricknology
- xenobiology
- zoology
- zymology
- acanthology
- acarology
- accidentology
- acology
- acridology
- actinology
- aeromycology
- alcohology
- appropriate technology
Questions about sexology
- What does sexology mean?
- Sexology means the study of sex and sexuality, usually from a psychological or clinical perspective.
- What is sexology in Tamil?
- Sexology in Tamil is பாலியல். See Sexology meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sexology?
- Sexology is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sexology?
- Sexology is pronounced /sɛkˈsɒlədʒi/.
- What is the plural of sexology?
- The plural of sexology is sexologies.
Words near sexology in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sexology (page history and authors); sexology (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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