"sex education" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: sex + education Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} sex education (uncountable)
  1. Education about human sexual anatomy, reproduction, and intercourse and other human sexual behavior. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Education, Sex Synonyms: sex ed, sexual education Translations (sex education): 性教育 (xìngjiàoyù) (Chinese Mandarin), sexuele voorlichting [feminine] (Dutch), seksuaalikasvatus (Finnish), éducation sexuelle [feminine] (French), (sexuelle) Aufklärung f Sexualkunde [feminine] (German), σεξουαλική αγωγή (sexoualikí agogí) [feminine] (Greek), חינוך מיני \ חִנּוּךְ מִינִי (khinúkh miní) [masculine] (Hebrew), यौन शिक्षा (yaun śikṣā) [feminine] (Hindi), sexuális nevelés (Hungarian), kynfræðsla [feminine] (Icelandic), educazione sessuale [feminine] (Italian), 性教育 (seikyōiku) (alt: せいきょういく) (Japanese), 성교육 (seonggyoyuk) (alt: 性敎育) (Korean), ເພດສຶກສາ (phēt sưk sā) (Lao), dzimumizglītība [feminine] (Latvian), लैंगिक शिक्षण (laiṅgik śikṣaṇ) (Marathi), educação sexual [feminine] (Portuguese), полово́е просвеще́ние (polovóje prosveščénije) [neuter] (Russian), полово́е воспита́ние (polovóje vospitánije) [neuter] (Russian), educación sexual [feminine] (Spanish), sexualkunskap (Swedish), sex- och samlevnadsundervisning (Swedish), sexualundervisning (Swedish), sexualupplysning (Swedish), sariing paturuan (Tagalog), เพศศึกษา (pêet-sʉ̀k-sǎa) (Thai), seks eğitimi (Turkish), cinsellik eğitimi (Turkish), cinsel eğitim (Turkish)

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      "sense": "sex education",
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      "word": "sariing paturuan"
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      "word": "cinsellik eğitimi"
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