What does "bisexuality" mean?

The state of being sexually attracted to members of either sex; experiencing both heterosexual and homosexual attraction.

Bisexuality

Common synonyms include: androgyny, androgyny, autoeroticism, exhibitionism, fetishism, hermaphroditism.

noun

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Noun

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The state of being sexually attracted to members of either sex; experiencing both heterosexual and homosexual attraction. countable, uncountable
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sexual activity with both men and women wordnet
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The state of being bisexual (“having both male and female parts or roles”). countable, uncountable
"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 […]"
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showing characteristics of both sexes wordnet

"Bert's bisexuality was troubling Tom and excited Mary."

From bisexual + -ity.

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