Synonyms for sexuality


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sek-shoo-al-i-tee or, esp. British, seks-yoo-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌsɛk ʃuˈæl ɪ ti or, esp. British, ˌsɛks yu-


Définition of sexuality

Origin :
  • 1789, "action or fact of being sexual;" see sexual + -ity. Meaning "capability of sexual feelings" is from 1879. Meaning "sexual identity" is by 1980.
  • noun sexual drive or interest
  • noun sexual character
Example sentences :
  • In short, ethics has been more or less confounded with sexuality.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • He had felt emasculated, nearer to the angels, cleansed of sexuality.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • Sexuality made the transition to the two-sex world with a vengeance.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • Emancipation has reduced some of sexuality's inherent, and necessary, tension.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • I should certainly conclude that all sexuality had descended from one prototype.
  • Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin
  • I take a very different view of the meaning or cause of sexuality.
  • Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin
  • Sexuality is slowly transformed into sensuality and love into lust.
  • Extract from : « Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction » by T. W. Shannon
  • The third main line of evidence is connected with the phenomena of sexuality.
  • Extract from : « Religion & Sex » by Chapman Cohen
  • Apart from this observation there is no other trace of sexuality in the group.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 » by Various
  • Do you know more about the "organic pleasure" than about sexuality?
  • Extract from : « A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis » by Sigmund Freud

Antonyms for sexuality

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