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💞 Attracted to both 🌱 Both sexes present
ambisexual

ambisexual

8.3
Sexually attracted to both men and women
  • adjective
  • /ˌæm.bɪˈsɛkʃuəl/
translation icon : ambisexual
  • In this inclusive community, many individuals identify as ambisexual, feeling attraction to both men and women.

Examples

  • His ambisexual nature allowed him to connect with people regardless of their gender.

  • We all wanted her to fall desperately in love with one of the ruthless ambisexual boys just to see her turn human.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • And like March, Somers is at first ambisexual, a "queen bee" (95) to the hive of empowering males.

    Academic text (2007)

  • I doubt I will last long enough to find out what these bull moose loonies will do to me, but I have the double whammy: I am ambisexual and atheist.

    Blog text (10)

  • She proudly identified as ambisexual, appreciating the beauty in both genders.

Synonyms

bisexual
vsambisexual
76 3.9

Attracted to both men and women

has identical meaning but is presented with a different label
Bi
vsambisexual
  • Informal
3 7.2

A short form of bisexual for someone attracted to people of more than one gender

is the neutral term specifying attraction to both men and women

Surface Forms

ambisexual positive

Morphology

ambisexual = sexual (transparent) = ambi + sex + ual

The formation ambi- ('both') + 'sexual' directly yields 'attracted to or having characteristics of both sexes', a clear and regular prefixation.

Etymology

Ambisexual comes from the parts ambi- meaning 'both' and sex meaning 'male and female', the same ambi- you see in ambidextrous, which means 'using both hands'. So, it means being attracted to both men and women.