sexuality
The quality of being sexualThe quality of being sexual; that which is characterized or distinguished by sex.
» Your generation thought sexuality was taboo.
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5 senses(countable, uncountable)The quality of being sexual; that which is characterized or distinguished by sex.
The quality of being sexual; that which is characterized or distinguished by sex.
(countable, uncountable)Sexual activity; concern with, or interest in, sexual activity.
Sexualität, Sexualität
сексуа́льная акти́вностьsɛksuálʹnaja aktívnostʹ, сексуа́льностьsɛksuálʹnostʹ
сексуа́льністьseksuálʹnistʹ
(countable, uncountable)Sexual potency.
полова́я поте́нцияpolovája potɛ́ncija
(countable, uncountable)Sexual orientation.
(countable, uncountable)Sexual identity, gender.
Geschlecht, Geschlechtlichkeit
полова́я иденти́чностьpolovája idɛntíčnostʹ, полpol
- the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
Examples
57 sentencesYour generation thought sexuality was taboo.
Your culture associates sexuality with poverty.
I've never fully experienced my sexuality.
I never fully explored my sexuality.
Yanni was struggling with his own sexuality.
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from New Latin sexuālitās. By surface analysis, sexual + -ity.Learned borrowing from New Latin sexuālitās. By surface analysis, sexual + -ity.
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Forms
plural: sexualities| Singular | sexuality |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable