plurisexual
English
Etymology
pluri- + sexual, by analogy with monosexual.
Adjective
plurisexual (not comparable)
- Sexually attracted to members of multiple sexes.
- Greta had only ever been attracted to other women, while her wife Jaye had previously courted nonbinary people and men, and identified as plurisexual.
- 1969, Joan Matthews, “Bisexuality in the Male”, in The Journal of Sex Research, volume 5, number 2, DOI: , page 126:
- He believes that man is born with a plurisexual disposition and that there is nothing unusual about his seeking satisfaction with either sex...
- 2017, Christopher K. Belous; Melissa L. Bauman, “What's in a Name? Exploring Pansexuality Online”, in Journal of Bisexuality, volume 17, number 1, DOI: , page 60:
- Few studies have focused on nonbinary individuals aside from bisexuality or fail to differentiate between bisexuality and other plurisexual identities.
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See also
- (sexual orientations) sexual orientation; asexual (-ity, ace), bisexual (-ity, bi), demisexual (-ity), graysexual (-ity), heterosexual (-ity, straight), homosexual (-ity, gay, lesbian), omnisexual (-ity), pansexual (-ity, pan), plurisexual (-ity), polysexual (-ity), robosexual (-ity), sapiosexual (-ity), androsexual (-ity), gynesexual (-ity) (Category: en:Sexual orientations)
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