"parasexual" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From para- + sexual. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|para-|sexual}} para- + sexual Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} parasexual (not comparable)
  1. (biology) Exhibiting or relating to parasexuality. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-parasexual-en-adj-XwXQ074Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with para-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 39 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with para-: 42 32 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 39 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 36 3 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  2. Both parasocial and sexual; being or relating to a one-sided sexual relationship. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-parasexual-en-adj-Q8vQwFop
  3. Related indirectly to sex; pertaining to sexuality but not sex itself. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-parasexual-en-adj-3AAkLjwE
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          "text": "Coordinate term: parasocial"
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          "ref": "2007, Christine Scodari, “Yoko in Cyberspace with Beatles Fans: Gender and the Re-Creation of Popular Mythology”, in Jonathan Gray, C. Lee Harrington, Cornel Sandvoss, editors, Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World, New York, NY: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 55:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1982 April 17, Michael Bronsky, “What Are These Men Really Selling and Whom Are They Trying to Fool”, in Gay Community News, page 6:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "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.",
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