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cybersex

cybersex

2 7.2
To have sex online with other people using chat or video
  • noun
  • /ˈsaɪbərˌsɛks/
  • NSFW
: cibersexo
  • Many people explore their fantasies through cybersex in online chat rooms.
  • cybersex and sexual

Examples

  • Is cybersex, with such sophisticated technology, real sex or only a simulation of sex?

    Academic text (2018)
  • Snacking at the sexual smorgasbord for cybersex is as easy as having a candy bar while sitting at the computer.

    Academic text (2005)
  • I tried to have cybersex once, but I kept getting a busy signal.

  • Actually he wanted phone sex or cybersex, but I'm not online.

  • Someday we'll meet, marry and have cybersex with the man of our dreams on-line.

  • The question of the space between cybersex and real sex is one of boundaries.

    Academic text (2005)
  • However, it is likely that those who use the internet for cybersex or for making sexual contacts are already distanced from conventional moral economies.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Thus, while previously sexual contact with another person was limited largely to the "eat out" or "fast food" variety, cybersex has added a new possibility of having sex that is less lonely than masturbation.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Thus, cybersex has become positioned midway between arousal from viewing pornography and real (in-person) sexual contact.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Text cybersex has been described as "coauthored interactive erotica," since it proceeds as a "purely textual activity" (Waskul 2007: 282).

    Academic text (2018)

How Sexual

sexting
  • NSFW
1 7.7
cybersex
  • NSFW
2 7.2
flirting
37 3.5

Surface Forms

cybersex singular
cybersexes plural

Morphology

cybersex = cyber + sex (transparent) = cyber + sex

The meaning is directly the combination of 'cyber' (online/computer-mediated) and 'sex' (sexual activity), so learners who know the components can derive the meaning.

Etymology

Cybersex combines cyber- (the part you see in words like cyberspace and cybersecurity, meaning 'computer' or 'internet') and sex, so cybersex is sexual activity or arousal that happens online, often through chat or video.