Monosexual
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A monosexual person.
"Letitia, I fear, is a monosexual. Only men arouse her."
- 1 Composed of, or relating to, only one sex. not-comparable
"The environment was composed of the students and servants who worked in the schools of Puebla, masculine and monosexual spaces that offered a favorable ambiance for the practice of the nefarious sin. Bear in mind that in pre-industrial societies it was not easy for an individual to escape the promiscuity of everyday life, hiding his acts from his relatives[…]"
- 2 Sexually attracted to members of only one sex or gender. not-comparable
"How are we to understand the erasure of bisexuality in some of the fundamental works of queer deconstructive theory? […] a reliance on monosexual gay/lesbian historiography […]"
Example
More examples"The environment was composed of the students and servants who worked in the schools of Puebla, masculine and monosexual spaces that offered a favorable ambiance for the practice of the nefarious sin. Bear in mind that in pre-industrial societies it was not easy for an individual to escape the promiscuity of everyday life, hiding his acts from his relatives[…]"
Etymology
From mono- + sexual. In the second sense, by analogy with bisexual.
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