Polysexual

//ˌpɒ.liˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to multiple types of sexuality.
  2. 2
    Sexually attracted to many (sometimes specifically multiple but not all) genders.
  3. 3
    Sexually polyamorous; that is, having multiple sexual relationships.

    "Some queer relationships are monogamous (married/committed couple), some agree to polyfidelity (married/committed group), some are polysexual (open sexually), and others are polyamorous (open romantically)."

Synonyms

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plurisexualspectrasexualspectrasexual

Example

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"Some queer relationships are monogamous (married/committed couple), some agree to polyfidelity (married/committed group), some are polysexual (open sexually), and others are polyamorous (open romantically)."

Etymology

From poly- + -sexual.

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