"plurisexuality" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: plurisexualities [plural]
Etymology: From plurisexual + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|plurisexual|ity}} plurisexual + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} plurisexuality (countable and uncountable, plural plurisexualities)
  1. The state of being sexually and romantically attracted to members of more than one gender. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-plurisexuality-en-noun-E9-fFQwM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22
  2. Any romantic or sexual orientation which includes attraction to more than one gender. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sexual orientations
    Sense id: en-plurisexuality-en-noun-HciyxW9s Disambiguation of Sexual orientations: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: bisexuality, pansexuality
Related terms: plurisexual, sexual orientation [sexual-orientations, sexuality, lifestyle], asexual (alt: -ity, ace), bisexual (alt: -ity, bi), demisexual (alt: -ity, demi), graysexual (alt: -ity), heterosexual (alt: -ity, straight), homosexual (alt: -ity, gay, lesbian), omnisexual (alt: -ity), pansexual (alt: -ity, pan), polysexual (alt: -ity), sapiosexual (alt: -ity), androsexual (alt: -ity), gynesexual (alt: -ity), multisexuality, polysexuality

Inflected forms

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