bisexuality

English

Etymology

From bisexual +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bisexuality (countable and uncountable, plural bisexualities)

  1. (of humans or other animals) The state of being sexually attracted to members of either sex; experiencing both heterosexual and homosexual attraction.
  2. (chiefly botany) The state of being bisexual (“having both male and female parts or roles”).
    • 1926, Dorothy E. Newton, The Bisexuality of Individual Strains of Coprinus Rostrupianus:
    • 1983, Entomological Society of America, Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America:
      Recall from earlier in this paper that H. longicornis consists of obligatory bisexual diploid races (20+XX 0; 20+X) […] and variance is obscured because of the simultaneous variables of method of reproduction (bisexuality vs. thelytoky) and   […]
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:bisexuality.

Coordinate terms

sexual orientationsedit

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