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Kinsey

Kinsey

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An American scientist who studied people's sex lives in the 1940s and 1950s
  • proper noun
  • /ˈkɪn.zi/
  • NSFW
: Kinsey
  • During his lifetime, Kinsey conducted extensive interviews to gather data on sexual practices.
  • Kinsey Institute
  • Alfred Kinsey
  • Kinsey survey

Examples

  • Interviews were carried out at the Kinsey Institute, STI clinics, or the participants' homes.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Alfred Kinsey is recognized as a key figure in the study of human sexuality.

  • What does that Kinsey book say about it?

    Eight Days a Week (1997)

  • Read that in the Kinsey report.

    Eating Out (2004)

  • I'm a 3 on the Kinsey scale.

    Prepare for Launch (2022)

  • Alfred C. Kinsey, the sex doctor, died fifty years ago this August.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Dr. Kinsey says--

    Where the Boys Are (1960)

  • Dr. Kinsey, I presume.

    On the Town (1949)

  • Researchers have questioned the validity of these self-reports ever since Kinsey first embarked on his sexual surveys.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The findings from the Kinsey report challenged many traditional views on sexual behavior.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

The word Kinsey is a family name from old English parts cyne 'royal' and sige 'victory', and it even shares the same root as king. So the name once meant 'royal victory' and later became a surname carried by people such as the sex researcher Alfred Kinsey.