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🏳️‍🌈 Attracted to both 🏳️‍🌈 Person attracted to both
bisexual

bisexual

7 4.2
A person who is sexually attracted to both men and women
  • noun
  • /ˌbaɪˈsɛkʃuəl/
translation icon : bisexual
  • Although Northampton is known as "Lesbianville," it is also home to numerous bisexuals.
  • bisexuals and heterosexuals
  • lesbians and bisexuals
  • bisexuals and homosexuals

My parents were from Peru and Honduras, and I am a bisexual.

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Examples

  • Compared with heterosexuals, bisexuals reported more barriers to health care, current sadness, past-year suicidal ideation, and cardiovascular disease risk.

    Academic text (2010)

  • So I have a friend who is bisexual but heavily lesbian.

  • Supporting this motion means that every gay, bisexual, lesbian, queer and trans young person gets help that they need in school and the support to have good sex.

  • Some studies, however, have demonstrated that bisexuals are the targets of prejudicial actions and attitudes.

    Academic text (2002)

  • For some heterosexuals, bisexuals might be a source of anxiety or discomfort.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals represent a sexual minority, and like other minorities, they often face experiences of discrimination.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Alex identifies as bisexual and feels comfortable expressing their attraction to both men and women.

  • Many bisexual individuals face unique challenges while navigating their identities within the LGBTQ+ community.

  • She explained that being bisexual means being attracted to people regardless of their gender.

Synonyms

Bi
vsbisexual
  • Informal
3 7.2

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

specifies attraction only to both men and women rather than more genders
bisexual person
vsbisexual
1 3.7

A person who is attracted to both men and women

is the shorter, single-word form used instead of the longer noun phrase
switch-hitter
vsbisexual
  • Slang
1 9.9

An informal term for a person who is sexually attracted to both men and women

is the neutral descriptive term rather than a slang expression
ambisexual
vsbisexual
8.3

Sexually attracted to both men and women

is the common everyday word choice rather than an alternative term

Compounds

bisexual person
1 3.7

A person who is attracted to both men and women

How Heterosexual

heterosexual
18 3.4
bisexual
7 4.2
homosexual
140 4.1

Surface Forms

bisexual singular
bisexuals plural

Morphology

bisexual = bisexual (transparent) = bi + sex + ual

The noun is a regular conversion of the adjective 'bisexual', whose meaning is itself transparently built from 'bi-' + 'sexual'.

Etymology

Bisexual is built from bi- 'two' (as in bicycle) and sexual 'sex' or 'attraction'. So a bisexual person is someone who is sexually attracted to both men and women.