"other-sex" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From other + sex, modelled after same-sex. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|other|sex}} other + sex Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} other-sex (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to attraction to the opposite sex; heterosexual. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-other-sex-en-adj-x3f64H8- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "etymology_text": "From other + sex, modelled after same-sex.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Harry T. Reis, Susan Sprecher, Encyclopedia of Human Relationships:",
          "text": "A rating of 0 represents exclusive other-sex (i.e., heterosexual) attractions, a rating of 6 represents exclusive same-sex (i.e., homosexual) attractions, and a rating of 3 represents equal degrees of same-sex and other-sex attractions.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or pertaining to attraction to the opposite sex; heterosexual."
      ],
      "id": "en-other-sex-en-adj-x3f64H8-",
      "links": [
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          "heterosexual",
          "heterosexual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "other-sex"
}
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      "word": "same-sex"
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  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "other + sex",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From other + sex, modelled after same-sex.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or pertaining to attraction to the opposite sex; heterosexual."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heterosexual",
          "heterosexual"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
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}

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