allosexual
One who experiences sexual attractionOne who experiences sexual attraction; one who is not asexual.
Meaning
1 sensesOne who experiences sexual attraction; one who is not asexual.
allosexuell
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From allo- (“other”) + sexual. "Directed at or involving another rather than one's self" aFrom allo- (“other”) + sexual. "Directed at or involving another rather than one's self" and "involving the other sex; heterosexual" are the most etymologically literal senses (regarding the latter sense, compare the structure of heterosexual), structural and semantic opposites of autosexual and isosexual. The sense "non-heterosexual" was influenced by (and had influence on) Canadian French allosexuel.
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Forms
plural: allosexuals| Singular | allosexual |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsSee also
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