How do you pronounce "sapiosexual"?

Pronounced //ˌseɪ.pi.əˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl//.

Sapiosexual

//ˌseɪ.pi.əˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl// adj, noun

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Noun

1
A person who is sapiosexual.
"You see, for a true geek there's often little difference, because when you engage our brains, which are connected to our genitals, it often turns on our lust response (we're quite often sapiosexuals - people who lust after intellect first), but it's the *brain* you aim for, the intellect, to turn us on, not our genitals."

Adjective

1
Sexually attracted to intellectual or mental qualities over appearance. not-comparable
"I am what is known as a sapiosexual—defined by Urban Dictionary as one who finds intelligence the most sexually attractive feature."

"A person who is sapiosexual feels attracted by the intelligence of another person more than by outward appearance."

From Latin sapiens + -o- + -sexual. Coined by Darren Stalder in 1998 to describe his own sexuality.

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