Sexuality
/ˌsekʃuˈæləti/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person's sexual feelings, identity, and attraction.
Extra definitions
nounA person's sexual feelings and behavior.
nounExpression of sexual identity.
nounSexual characteristics or orientation.
Sentence Examples
The course discusses sexuality.
People explore their sexuality over time.
The film portrays sexuality respectfully.
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Word Origin & History
Learned borrowing from New Latin sexuālitās. By surface analysis, sexual + -ity.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
“Sexuality, then, is related to both biological sex and gender, and simultaneously is quite distinct from them. […] We employ sexuality to refer to all kinds of sexual relations, including sexual activities, eroticism, sexual identities, sexual meanings, and sexual politics.”
— 2000, Barbara L. Voss, Robert A. Schmidt, “Archaeologies of Sexuality: An Introduction”, in Robert A. Schmidt, Barbara L. Voss, editors, Archaeologies of Sexuality, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 2:
“An alternative pattern of change from sexuality to asexuality in Ascomycotina could involve the widespread occurrence of female sterility. Both asexuality and 'female sterility' are widespread in Ascomycotina, and this may indicate that many ascomycotous Fungi Anamorphici have lost sexuality by a gradual process initiated by the loss or mutation of a gene other than an MTF resulting in 'female sterility'. […] There is also clear evidnece that loss of sexuality has occurred more than once in Talaromyces [A] and, in…”
— 2003, John Harrison Burnett, Fungal Populations and Species, Oxford University Press on Demand, →ISBN, page 282:
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The course discusses ____.