plurisexual
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pluri- + sexual, by analogy with monosexual.
Adjective
[edit]plurisexual (not comparable)
- Sexually attracted to members of multiple sexes.
- My plurisexual friends discussed attraction to people of multiple genders with me.
- 1969, Joan Matthews, “Bisexuality in the Male”, in The Journal of Sex Research, volume 5, number 2, , page 126:
- He believes that man is born with a plurisexual disposition and that there is nothing unusual about his seeking satisfaction with either sex...
- 2017, Christopher K. Belous, Melissa L. Bauman, “What's in a Name? Exploring Pansexuality Online”, in Journal of Bisexuality, volume 17, number 1, , page 60:
- Few studies have focused on nonbinary individuals aside from bisexuality or fail to differentiate between bisexuality and other plurisexual identities.
Noun
[edit]plurisexual (plural plurisexuals)
- A plurisexual person.
- 2020, Rosie Nelson, “'What do bisexuals look like? I don't know!' Visibility, gender, and safety among plurisexuals”, in Journal of Sociology, volume 56, number 4, , page 591:
- Plurisexuals are often interpreted as half gay/half straight due to the prevailing belief that multigendered attractions are temporary, or illusory.
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[edit]See also
[edit]- (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)
- multisexual
- polysexual