Graysexual
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A graysexual person. neologism
- 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
More examples"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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