sexuality C1 Topic:People & Society US /sɛk.ʃuˈæ.lə.ti/ UK /sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/ See IPA manual Freq #10473 Meanings 1 noun A person's sexual feelings, attractions, and identity. He felt comfortable talking openly about his sexuality with friends. 2 noun Interest in or involvement with sexual activity. The book explores how attitudes toward sexuality have changed over time. Thesaurus ↔ Opposites asexuality Word family Forms sexualities Derived forms antisexualityasexualityautosexualitybisexualitycissexualitycosexualitycryptosexualitycybersexualitydemisexualityecosexualityephebosexualityfinsexuality Related forms sensualitysexsexual Common collocations female sexuality Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from New Latin sexuālitās. sexuālitās la-new View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # sexuality **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /sɛk.ʃuˈæ.lə.ti/ **IPA (UK):** /sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/ **Frequency rank:** 10473 ## Meanings 1. A person's sexual feelings, attractions, and identity. 2. Interest in or involvement with sexual activity. ## Examples - He felt comfortable talking openly about his sexuality with friends. - The book explores how attitudes toward sexuality have changed over time. ## Antonyms - asexuality ## Derived Forms - antisexuality - asexuality - autosexuality - bisexuality - cissexuality - cosexuality - cryptosexuality - cybersexuality - demisexuality - ecosexuality - ephebosexuality - finsexuality ## Related Forms - sensuality - sex - sexual ## Roots and Affixes - Root: sexuālitās ## Etymology Borrowed from New Latin sexuālitās. ## AI Etymology Sexuality is borrowed from New Latin sexuālitās. The historical chain includes sexuālitās (New Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as antisexuality, asexuality, autosexuality, and bisexuality and related forms such as sensuality, sex, and sexual. In present use it covers a person's sexual feelings, attractions, and identity and interest in or involvement with sexual activity. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown