"pansexualist" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From pansexualism or pansexual + -ist. Etymology templates: {{m|en|pansexualism}} pansexualism, {{affix|en|pansexual|-ist}} pansexual + -ist Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} pansexualist (not comparable)
  1. (psychology) Pertaining to or promoting the psychological theory of pansexualism. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Psychology
    Sense id: en-pansexualist-en-adj-5OFuBzH9 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

Noun

Forms: pansexualists [plural]
Etymology: From pansexualism or pansexual + -ist. Etymology templates: {{m|en|pansexualism}} pansexualism, {{affix|en|pansexual|-ist}} pansexual + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} pansexualist (plural pansexualists)
  1. (psychology) A proponent of the psychological theory of pansexualism. Categories (topical): Psychology
    Sense id: en-pansexualist-en-noun-BwqQULaJ Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
  2. (rare, sometimes derogatory) A person who is attracted, or who is able to experience attraction, to everyone and everything. Tags: derogatory, rare, sometimes
    Sense id: en-pansexualist-en-noun-4L~EqLdJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 8 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 19 10 71

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