sexuality

UK/sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/US/sɛk.ʃuˈæ.lə.ti/

nounC1Common in everyday speech and writing · #4,764 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: sexualities

Sexuality is a person's sexual nature and preferences. Human sexuality, discuss your sexuality, open about his sexuality.

It covers attraction, identity and behaviour together, and those three do not always line up in one person. Asking about somebody's sexuality is a personal question, and in many countries it is unlawful for an employer to take it into account.

Definitions of sexuality

1nounsexualityA person's sexual nature and preferences.C1
“He felt free to be open about his sexuality after he moved to the city.”

sexuality is a nature.

Where it comes from

New Latin
sexuālitās
English, today
sexuality

Learned borrowing from New Latin sexuālitās.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

sexuality in the wild

Sexology is the scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, behaviors, and functions.
Sexology
The term sexology does not generally refer to the non-scientific study of sexuality, such as social criticism.
Sexology
However, this has not prevented alternative and fringe theories of his sexuality, as the gospels and the rest of the New Testament do not focus on the subject.
Sexuality and marital status of Jesus
With extremely few exceptions, surviving Latin literature preserves the voices of educated male Romans on sexuality.
Sexuality in ancient Rome

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

homosexuality

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