Kinsey scale

English

Kinsey scale of sexual responses, indicating degrees of sexual orientation.

Proper noun

Kinsey scale

1. A scale devised by Alfred Kinsey, used to measure a person's sexuality, ranging from 0 (exclusively heterosexual) to 6 (exclusively homosexual), passing through different stages of bisexuality, including the 3 in the middle (bisexual, attracted to men and women equally). There is also an X option, for those exhibiting no sexual attraction (asexual).

Quotations

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Synonyms

• Heterosexual–Homosexual Rating Scale

Hypernyms

• Heterosexual–homosexual continuum

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: Kinseyn asteikko
• German: Kinsey-Skala f
• Turkish: Kinsey skalası

See also

• Kinsey scale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia