Solosexual

//ˌsəʊ.ləʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone whose sexuality is primarily exercised or expressed alone.

    "I had an ill-considered marriage to a woman who had a low sex drive which lasted 12 years; we divorced mainly over our sexual differences. I am a happy solosexual."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Sexual with oneself; masturbatory. rare

    "There has to be a term for it, but I tended to think of him as solosexual: a self-sufficient sexual entity having no real need for human contact outside of himself."

Example

More examples

"There has to be a term for it, but I tended to think of him as solosexual: a self-sufficient sexual entity having no real need for human contact outside of himself."

Etymology

From solo + -sexual, after similar words in -(o)sexual.

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