sexual
15
2.9
- adjective
- /ˈsɛkʃuəl/
- Specialized
- Clearly, there is a perceptual difference between men and women regarding what constitutes sexual harassment and discrimination.
- sexual reproduction
- sexual maturity
- sexual organs
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Watch on YouTubeOther people suffer quite a lot from sexual dysfunction while taking SSRIs.
- Other people suffer quite a lot from sexual dysfunction while taking SSRIs.
- The worst example is your childhood sexual trauma or any of those.
- They're perpetrators, perpetrators of child sexual crimes, right.
- It's saying that there's systemic child sexual abuse in every province in Afghanistan.
- They predict better sex, more sexual satisfaction in couples.
- They have never been observed to form spores or sexual reproduction having occurred.
- Do you want to have the sexual appeal of a fertile horse in heat?
- Love in exchange for keeping your sexual expertise at Bay.
- It's like withholding sexual things except oral.
- This book is The Sexual Contract by Carol Pateman.
Examples
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There are plenty of venereal diseases you can get without sexual intercourse.
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It was the days of the sexual revolution and all that.
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What age, what age should sexual education start?
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Where were you when this sexual encounter happened?
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Women have thousands more nerves in their sexual organs than men.
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I am a behavioral ecologist interested in sexual selection and mate choice.
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Other people suffer quite a lot from sexual dysfunction while taking SSRIs.
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The school introduced a new program to provide comprehensive sexual education to students.
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Many teenagers face challenges in understanding sexual health and relationships.
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Research indicates that sexual behavior can be influenced by social and environmental factors.
Synonyms
114
4.5
Relating to making new living things like babies or young animals
Antonyms
- Specialized
3
6.4
Not involving sexual activity, for example when plants or fungi reproduce without sex
Compounds
- Offensive
199
4.6
Unwelcome sexual words or actions that make a person feel unsafe at work
- NSFW
38
3.0
Physical acts between people, like touching or having sex, that give pleasure
- NSFW
9
5.6
A strong physical feeling of enjoyment from close touching or activities between adults
- Specialized
7
3.4
A state of physical, emotional, and social well-being about sex, not just no disease
- NSFW
4
5.3
A strong physical and mental feeling of sexual excitement from touch or thoughts
- Specialized
3
3.4
A way plants and animals make seeds or babies when male and female cells join
- Offensive
3
9.1
Sexual behavior that most societies see as not normal or not acceptable
- NSFW
3
7.7
An act of having sex with someone after getting them to agree, seen as an achievement
- NSFW
2
4.9
Strong romantic and physical attraction between two people that often includes intimate contact
- Specialized
1
6.1
A physical trait or a common behavior linked mainly to one sex
- Specialized
1
6.8
A body change at puberty that shows sex, like body hair and a deeper voice
- NSFW
1
6.6
The strongest feeling of pleasure a person has during sex when the body releases tension
- NSFW
1
8.1
A social situation where people look for romantic or sexual partners and compete
- Specialized
1
7.6
A body part you are born with that is used to make babies, like genitals
- Slur
1
9.9
An old word for someone who behaves in ways usually seen in the other sex
A rule that lets men have more freedom about sex than women and judges them more harshly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sexual comes from the Latin word sexus, meaning 'sex' or 'the sexes'. Because sex also meant being male or female, sexual is used for reproduction or processes that involve the two sexes.