Our talk about the sexuality of flies could offend some people.
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Sexuality
//sɛk.ʃuˈæ.lə.ti//
Synonyms for "sexuality" (56 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (28)
Related word relations
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More general
1 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived
43 entriesShowing 16 of 43 words.
derived from
1 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
112 translations across 43 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- جِنْس noun (sexual identity)
- جِنْسِيَّة noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
- جِنْسِيَّة noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
- هُوِيَّة جِنْسِيَّة noun (sexual identity)
Asturian
2 entries- sexualidá noun (sexual activity)
- sexualidá noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
Belarusian
1 entries- сэксуа́льнасць noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
Bengali
1 entries- যৌনতা noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
Bulgarian
4 entries- потентност noun (sexual potency)
- сексуа́лност noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
- сексуа́лност noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
- сексуалност noun (sexual activity)
Catalan
4 entries- gènere noun (sexual identity)
- identitat sexual noun (sexual identity)
- potència sexual noun (sexual potency)
- sexe noun (sexual identity)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 性別 /性别 noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
- 性別 /性别 noun (sexual identity)
- 性慾 /性欲 noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
- 性活動 /性活动 noun (sexual activity)
Danish
1 entries- seksualitet noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
Dutch
2 entries- sexualiteit noun (sexual activity)
- sexualiteit noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
Esperanto
1 entries- seksemo noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
Estonian
1 entries- seksuaalsus noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
Finnish
4 entries- kyky noun (sexual potency)
- potenssi noun (sexual potency)
- seksi noun (sexual activity)
- seksuaalisuus noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
French
4 entries- sexe noun (sexual identity)
- sexualité noun (sexual activity)
- sexualité noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
- sexualité noun (sexual identity)
Galician
2 entries- sexualidade noun (sexual activity)
- sexualidade noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
German
4 entries- Geschlecht noun (sexual identity)
- Geschlechtlichkeit noun (sexual identity)
- Sexualität noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
- Sexualität noun (sexual activity)
Greek
2 entries- σεξουαλικότητα noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
- σεξουαλικότητα noun (sexual identity)
Hebrew
1 entries- מִינִיּוּת noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
Hungarian
3 entries- nemiség noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
- szexualitás noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
- szexualitás noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
Indonesian
1 entries- seks noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
Irish
1 entries- collaíocht noun (sexual activity)
Italian
1 entries- sessualità noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
Japanese
4 entries- セクシュアリティ noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
- 性別 noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
- 性別 noun (sexual identity)
- 性欲 noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
Korean
3 entries- 성별 noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
- 성별 noun (sexual identity)
- 성욕 noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
Latvian
1 entries- seksualitāte noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
Malayalam
3 entries- ലൈംഗികത noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
- ലൈംഗികത noun (sexual activity)
- ലൈംഗികത noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
Maltese
1 entries- sesswalità noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
Marathi
1 entries- लैंगिक अस्मिता noun (sexual identity)
Māori
1 entries- hōkakatanga noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
Northern Sami
2 entries- seaksa noun (sexual activity)
- seksualitehta noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- seksualitet noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
- sex noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- seksualitet noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
Polish
4 entries- seksualność noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
- seksualność noun (sexual activity)
- seksualność noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
- seksualność noun (sexual potency)
Portuguese
3 entries- sexualidade noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
- sexualidade noun (sexual activity)
- sexualidade noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
Romanian
4 entries- identitate sexuală noun (sexual identity)
- sexualitate noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
- sexualitate noun (sexual activity)
- sexualitate noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
Russian
4 entries- пол noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
- пол noun (sexual identity)
- полова́я иденти́чность noun (sexual identity)
- полова́я поте́нция noun (sexual potency)
Slovak
4 entries- sex noun (sexual activity)
- sexualita noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
- sexualita noun (sexual activity)
- sexualita noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
Spanish
2 entries- sexualidad noun (sexual activity)
- sexualidad noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
Swedish
2 entries- sexualitet noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
- sexuell identitet noun (sexual identity)
Tagalog
1 entries- pagkasariin noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
Telugu
1 entries- లైంగికత noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
Ukrainian
1 entries- сексуа́льність noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tình dục noun (concern with or interest in sexual activity)
Welsh
1 entries- rhywioldeb noun (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
The exposition is dedicated to photographs of ideal, natural, and grotesque bodies; conceives of sexuality as a part of existence; and presents photographed sexual practices, desires, and phantasms.
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East Indian sexuality has been influenced by recent colonial history. By no means are the levels of libido homogeneous throughout India, of course.
Source: tatoeba (1499844)
You are afraid that Latinate languages exude sexuality, to which you are not accustomed.
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