sapiosexuality
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin sapiens (“wise, judicious”) + sexuality or sapiosexual + -ity. Purportedly coined in 1998.[1]
Noun
[edit]sapiosexuality (uncountable)
- The state of being sexually attracted to intelligence or the human mind.
- 2008 August 17, Mohua Das, Malini Banerjee, “Virtual Vanities”, in The Telegraph, Calcutta:
- So a self-confessed culture vulture is a member of communities on authors, sudoku, films, chocolates and sapiosexuality (sapiosexuals are people who are apparently turned on by intelligence).
- 2012 May, Carolina Montejo, “Sapiosexuality: The intelligent foreplay”, in Vangardist, page 129:
- I went to friend and psychologist Alejandro Spicker — who's both attractive and smart — and asked him what he thought of sapiosexuality.
- 2013 May 28, Sunayana Suresh, “Are women attracted to the sapiosexual men?”, in The Times of India:
- Sapiosexuality is getting aroused not by the physical appearance of a person, but through his or her intelligence.
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