sexualism
/ˈsɛkʃuəlɪzm/
sexualism noun: the quality of being sexual; a sex-oriented approach or focus.
Noun
sexualism (usually uncountable, plural sexualisms)
- The quality of being sexual; a sex-oriented approach or focus.
- Repudiating the excessive sexualism of Freud and insisting upon the importance of the food-seeking impulse, especially in childhood, he regards all the primary impulses as differentiations of one fundamental energy, the life force which sustains all our strivings, both conscious and unconscious […]1918, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
- As regards other indications of sexualism, there is no doubt a certain representation of divine things in a sexual way.2012, L. S. S. O'Malley, Popular Hinduism: The Religion of the Masses, →ISBN, page 89
- A social theory first introduced by Aline Valette (1850—1899) that promoted socialism with preferential treatment of women because of their role in reproducing the species.
- When Valette, following Bonnier's philosophy, proposed to women that they adopt sexualism as their "true religion," she recast an old idea.1978, Marilyn J. Boxer, Jean Helen Quataert, Socialist Women, →ISBN
- As man's role was to produce, and socialism was the ideology by which his production would be restored to harmony ; so woman's role was to reproduce, and 'sexualism' was the ideology by which her reproduction would be restored to harmony.1982, Charles Sowerwine, Femmes Et Le Socialisme, →ISBN, page 62
- The belief that one set of sexual behaviors is intrinsically superior to another set of sexual behaviors, or prejudice and discrimination based on that belief.
- We find analogous phenomena in this Medical sexualism. Our readers cannot but have been struck with the sentiments of " One Cognisant of the Facts ” in defence of a daughter being taught to pass the catheter for her own father. ...Grant the principle that all the natural instincts of humanity in...1870, The Medical Times and Gazette
- A suggestion I have for the University is to highlight more the close link between sexism and sexualism (my personal word for discrimination based on sexuality).1991, From Invisibility to Inclusion: Opening the Doors for Lesbians and Gay Men at the University of Michigan
Examples of sexualism in a sentence
- Sexualism and slaughter go hand in hand.2015, Ragnar Redbeard, Might is Right, →ISBN, page 248:
- For the communist anarchists in league with the Freewoman, however, socialism slid easily into sexualism.1996, Bruce Clarke, Dora Marsden and Early Modernism, →ISBN:
- We find analogous phenomena in this Medical sexualism.1870, The Medical Times and Gazette:
- Sexism ("bitch"), sexualism ("gay") and racism ("gooks") all in just two lines.2001 June 20, Douglas Reay, “BLIZZARD FUCK YOU”, in alt.games.diablo (Usenet):
Forms of sexualism
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Origin of sexualism
From sexual + -ism.
Questions about sexualism
- What does sexualism mean?
- Sexualism means the quality of being sexual; a sex-oriented approach or focus.
- How do you use sexualism in a sentence?
- Sexualism and slaughter go hand in hand.
- What part of speech is sexualism?
- Sexualism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sexualism?
- Sexualism is pronounced /ˈsɛkʃuəlɪzm/.
- What is the plural of sexualism?
- The plural of sexualism is sexualisms.
Words near sexualism in the dictionary
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