Graysexual

//ˌɡɹeɪˈsɛk.ʃu.əl// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A graysexual person. neologism
Adjective
  1. 1
    Intermediate between sexual and asexual; sometimes, but not usually, experiencing sexual attraction and desire. neologism, not-comparable

    "But then I remember: the whole ethos of sex-positivity is predicated on a belief that everyone—sexual, asexual, or gray-sexual; monogamous, polyamorous, or something in-between; LGBTQ or as hetero as the Romneys—is entitled to pleasurable and safe sex."

Example

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"But then I remember: the whole ethos of sex-positivity is predicated on a belief that everyone—sexual, asexual, or gray-sexual; monogamous, polyamorous, or something in-between; LGBTQ or as hetero as the Romneys—is entitled to pleasurable and safe sex."

Etymology

Blend of gray + asexual, coined by user asexualityrocks in 2008 on the forums of the Asexual Visibility and Education Network about two years after the advent of gray-A and gray asexual.

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