graysexuality

English

Alternative forms

• greysexuality (UK)

Etymology

From gray +‎ asexuality, equivalent to graysexual +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɹeɪ.sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/, /ˌɡɹeɪ.sɛk.sjuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɹeɪ.sɛk.ʃuˈæ.lə.ti/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ælɪti
• Hyphenation: gray‧sex‧u‧al‧i‧ty

Noun

graysexuality (uncountable)

1. The quality of being graysexual.

   Synonym: gray asexuality

   • 2015, Julie Decker, The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality, →ISBN:

     As with graysexuality and grayromanticism, demisexual is not the same thing as demiromantic.

   • 2015 October 20, Kirstin Kelley, “What Is 'Graysexuality'?”, in AlterNet:

     So far there isn’t a lot of data about how many people identify as graysexual, but creating language that describes being grasexual is necessary if we ever hope to grasp what graysexuality really looks like.

   • 2016 March 31, Pallavi Bansal, “Find out if you're an asexual”, in Times of India:

     Graysexuality falls somewhere between asexuality and sexuality; these people may or may not have a sex drive.

Hypernyms

• asexuality

See also

• (sexual orientations) sexual orientation; asexual (-ity, ace), bisexual (-ity, bi), demisexual (-ity, demi), graysexual (-ity), heterosexual (-ity, straight), homosexual (-ity, gay, lesbian), omnisexual (-ity), pansexual (-ity, pan), polysexual (-ity), sapiosexual (-ity), androsexual (-ity), gynesexual (-ity) ^{(Category: en:Sexual orientations)}
• (romantic orientations) romantic orientation; aromantic (-ism), biromantic (-ism), demiromantic (-ism), heteroromantic (-ism), homoromantic (-ism), panromantic (-ism), transromantic ^{(Category: en:Romantic orientations)}