Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being sexually attracted to members of either sex; experiencing both heterosexual and homosexual attraction.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The state of being bisexual (“having both male and female parts or roles”).

    двупо́лостьdvupólostʹ

More definitions
  • sexual activity with both men and women
  • showing characteristics of both sexes

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Bert's bisexuality was troubling Tom and excited Mary.

    deBerts Bisexualität war aufregend für Tom und erregend für Mary. — User4473

  2. Bisexuality means attraction to two or more genders, not necessarily equally.

  3. I suspect bisexuality, whether open, closeted, or repressed, is the most common orientation.

  4. Layla found out about Sami's bisexuality.

    deLayla erfuhr von Samis Bisexualität. — wxcraft

  5. In ancient Greece and Rome, bisexuality was the default sexuality.

    deIm alten Griechenland und Rom war es ganz normal, bisexuell zu sein. — Waldelfe

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
psychology:
Русский
By meaning 2
psychology:
botany:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
psychology:

Forms

plural: bisexualities
Singularbisexuality
Pluralbisexualities

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • showing characteristics of both sexes:androgyny

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbisexual

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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