Perisexual
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Perisexual is an adjective meaning Related to sex or sex-seeking, without being explicitly sexual.
Meaning
Related to sex or sex-seeking, without being explicitly sexual.
Example Sentences
Ritual beatings were his first perisexual experiences, and they are vividly and enthusiastically remembered and described in his letters.
A number of sociocultural and peri-sexual behaviours and practices were thought to be important in determining the epidemiology of STI among the students.
Since he has just clarified the Edo tendency to distinguish between perisexual and sexual acts, convincingly showing that male-male sexual acts were not problematized before the Meiji period, his position on this issue is not particularly persuasive.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include parasexual, allosexual, sexualistic, sexual, sexy, zedsexual.
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