Monosexual
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Monosexual is an adjective meaning Composed of, or relating to, only one sex.
Meaning
Composed of, or relating to, only one sex.
More Meanings
- Sexually attracted to members of only one sex or gender.
- A monosexual person.
Example Sentences
Letitia, I fear, is a monosexual. Only men arouse her.
On the other hand, he did not go to a monosexual [all-boys] school as I did, as Isherwood and his kind did.
How are we to understand the erasure of bisexuality in some of the fundamental works of queer deconstructive theory? […] a reliance on monosexual gay/lesbian historiography […]
While monosexuals (gay men, heterosexuals, and lesbians) tend to describe being attracted to people of only one gender, bisexuals tend to disregard gender when assessing attractions to others.
Word Forms
- monosexuals
Antonyms for monosexual
Common opposites include multisexual, plurisexual.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include multisex, monogamic, same-sex, autosexual, masculine, monogamistic.
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