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pansexual

pansexual

3 8.2
A person who is sexually or romantically attracted to people of any gender
  • noun
  • /pænˈsɛkʃuəl/
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  • As someone who is pansexual, Alex believes that love should not be limited by gender identity.
  • identified as pansexual
  • pansexual means

And then there's pansexual, which we realized this year Prior to realizing we were pan, we thought we were bi.

Examples

  • Anita identifies as pansexual, meaning she is attracted to people without regard to their gender.

  • Many of us in that decade also identified as straight, gay, lesbian, queer, pansexual, omnisexual, or other.

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  • In addition, there is one female participant who identified as pansexual.

    Academic text (2018)

  • I know a few people who identify as "bisexual and pansexual."

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  • I'm trans and pansexual, but there are still things about people that I find more physically attractive than others.

    Blog text (15)

  • I consider myself pansexual.

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  • Of the other trans people I've met, they've all either identified as homosexual, bisexual, or pansexual.

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  • James explained that being pansexual allows him to connect with individuals on deeper levels, irrespective of gender.

Synonyms

queer
vspansexual
53 6.7

A person who identifies as LGBTQ+

focuses on sexual or romantic attraction regardless of gender rather than broad identity
nonheterosexual
vspansexual
7.0

A person not only attracted to the opposite sex

is a specific orientation inside that broader non-straight grouping

Surface Forms

pansexual singular
pansexuals plural

Morphology

pansexual = sexual (transparent) = pan + sexual

The productive prefix 'pan-' (meaning 'all' or 'including all') is added to 'sexual', so learners who know 'sexual' and common prefixes can infer the meaning.

Etymology

The word pansexual comes from the Greek prefix pan- meaning 'all', as in panorama 'a view of everything'. So a pansexual person is attracted to people of any gender or sex.