zedsexual

English

Etymology

From zed +‎ -sexual as a play on asexual, since the sexuality falls on the other side of the sexual spectrum from asexuality, as the letters "A" and "Z" are on opposite ends of the alphabet.

Pronunciation

• enPR: zĕd-sĕk′sho͞o-əl
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /zɛdˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /zɛdˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/
• Rhymes: -ɛkʃuəl, -ɛkʃuːəl
• Hyphenation: zed‧sex‧ual

Adjective

zedsexual (comparative more zedsexual, superlative most zedsexual)

1. (neologism) Not asexual; experiencing sexual attraction to others.

   Synonyms: allosexual, sexual

   Antonym: asexual

   • 2015, "Omnes et Nihil", "Situating This Zine & The Ace Sex Wars", F-ace-ing Silence, Issue 3, June 2015, page 5:

     Most significantly, it was a time before zedsexual people started (en masse) appropriating ace educational materials and mainstream ace discourse to perpetrate and/or justify anti-ace sexual coercion and rape […]

   • 2016, Ashley Mardell, The ABC's of LGBT, unnumbered page:

     But what about people who don't feel completely asexual or zedsexual?

   • 2019, Jo Teut, "Integrating Asexuality: A is for Asexual in LGBTQIA+", New Directions for Community Colleges, Winter 2019, page 96:

     Both asexual and zedsexual (non-asexual) people tend to experience different attractions on a spectrum of intensity, from none ever to all the attraction all the time, with many different nuanced levels in between.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:zedsexual.