sexual practice
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6.7
- noun
- /ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈpræktɪs/
- NSFW
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práctica sexual
- Education about safe sexual practices can help prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections.
- safe sexual practices
- risky sexual practices
- engaging in sexual practices
Examples
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To the casual observer, it might thus appear that the official party line regarding sexual practices is fact.
Academic text (1991) -
Consenting adults should be free to choose their own sexual practices and personal relationships.
Blog text (34) -
As noted earlier, language issues are a major concern in developing questions on specific sexual practices.
Academic text (1991) -
Maybe it's time for you to study up on sexual practices, since that seems to interest you.
Blog text (13) -
Greater knowledge about sexuality and sexual practices among older people is necessary.
Academic text (1991) -
"Some," Mon said, "before the shock wore off, and they started asking about sexual practices."
Fiction book (1999) -
"You said I was allowed to indulge in any sexual practice that I could spell."
Academic text (2004) -
Thus, it will be more about sexual practices than about erotic imagery and ideation.
Academic text (2003) -
The growing disparity between actual sexual practices and the state's views on sexuality is also not easily bridged.
Academic text (1991) -
To further complicate matters, sexual practices are restrictive in some ethnic groups and relaxed in others.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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1.6
Physical contact with another person for pleasure or to make a baby
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3.4
Sex between people, for example in a romantic or casual relationship
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3.0
Physical acts between people, like touching or having sex, that give pleasure
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3.7
Sexual activity between people, often intercourse
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7.5
To have sex with someone
Private actions between people that involve touching for pleasure
Antonyms
How Risky
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'sexual' (pertaining to sex) with 'practice' (an activity or customary procedure); together they straightforwardly indicate activities related to sex. This composition follows normal noun + modifier patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Sexual practice comes from joining sexual, meaning 'about sex', with practice, meaning a habit or 'way of doing something'. So it refers to the actions or 'activities' people do in sexual life.