Parasexual

Quick meaning: Parasexual is an adjective meaning (biology) Exhibiting or relating to parasexuality.

Meaning

(biology) Exhibiting or relating to parasexuality.

More Meanings

1. Both parasocial and sexual; being or relating to a one-sided sexual relationship.
2. Related indirectly to sex; pertaining to sexuality but not sex itself.

Example Sentences

The parasexual object is more likely to appeal than the pornographic, especially in a culture with highly ambivalent attitudes to female sexuality.

These were not the "real" gay ads - the ones that appear in The Advocate, Blue Boy, and Mandate. These markets had already been targeted y the ad agencies: disco records, see-through underwear, body building equipment and a host of para-sexual paraphernalia were being manufactured and sold to the smart consumer queen.

Cognizant of but careful not to lend credence to other fans' eroticization of John and Paul's collaboration, this poster echoes the first in valuing the feminine bond between male personae, thereby conceiving them as one unit and implicitly placing others outside this parasocial (or parasexual) relationship, and the relationship between fan and idols, as interlopers.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include eusexual, subsexual, parasomal, esexual, protosexual, parthenogenetic.

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