Allosexual

Quick meaning: Allosexual is an adjective meaning (LGBTQ, of a person) Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual.

Meaning

(LGBTQ, of a person) Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual.

More Meanings

1. (LGBTQ, uncommon, chiefly Canada) LGB; queer; non-heterosexual.
2. (LGBTQ) One who experiences sexual attraction; one who is not asexual.
3. (chiefly social sciences, of sexual desire or activity) Directed toward or involving another person rather than (only) oneself.
4. (chiefly biology, sociology, psychology) Involving or directed at the other biological sex; heterosexual; not isosexual.

Example Sentences

Allosexual behavior peaked during the follicular phase for both heterosexual women and lesbians.

Gray-asexual [denotes] a person who is somewhere between 100% asexual and allosexual; they might only experience sexual attraction on very rare occasions, […]

Sexual assault is alarmingly common, yet most victims still identify as heterosexual, cisgender and allosexual (the opposite of asexual) after the trauma. Being sexual assaulted did not make me asexual, […]

Yet we later learn that Diana Baring already knew the secret — whether being “half—caste" references being lower-caste with “black blood” (more than a racial marker) or being transsexual, homosexual, or allosexual.

Word Forms

• allosexuals

Synonyms for allosexual

Depending on context, synonyms include allo, sexual, zedsexual, other-sexual.

Antonyms for allosexual

Common opposites include asexual, ace, heterosexual, autosexual, isosexual, homosexual.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sexual, zedsexual, allo, other-sexual, alloerotic, alloromantic.

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