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 sensuality sex sexual

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Phrases (1)

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female sexuality
sexual feelings, attractions, and expression associated with women

Adjective + noun

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin sexuālitās.

sexuālitās la-new

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# 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

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