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bisexuality

[-seks-yoo-]

noun

  1. sexual desire or behavior directed toward people of more than one gender, sometimes understood to include attraction to one's own sex or gender and at least one other sex or gender.

  2. the state of being sexually attracted to people of more than one gender, sometimes understood to include attraction to one's own sex or gender and at least one other sex or gender.

  3. Biology.

    1. (of a species) having two distinct sexes.

      In these plants, bisexuality recently evolved from an ancestral unisexual condition.

    2. having both male and female sexual organs present in one individual.

      Bisexuality occurs in about 50% of the red sea bream's juvenile population.



bisexuality

  1. Sexual activity with, or sexual attraction to, members of both sexes.

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Usage

Does bisexuality involve attraction to only two genders? See bisexual.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bisexuality1

First recorded in 1840–50 bisexuality for def. 3, and in 1890–95 bisexuality for defs. 1, 2; bi- 1 ( def. ) + sexuality ( def. ); from German ܲä bisexuality for defs. 1, 2
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Example Sentences

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As his relationship with Jesse grows, he is confronted by homophobic fans and the burden of fame while he explores his bisexuality.

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Her education is gone, her bisexuality erased, and her unhinged, pyrotechnic personality and actions have disappeared.

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From books about bisexuality, to Polaroid pictures of Nick and Charlie together, they’ve gone to painstaking lengths to make the bedroom a true reflection of the character's journey throughout the series.

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For fans, that might have seemed like big news, but the truth was her bisexuality was something she’d known about herself for a while.

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Her journey in discovering Paganism and accepting her bisexuality happened "almost in tandem", as she gradually learnt her atheist beliefs were not giving her "a sense of fulfilment".

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When To Use

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Bisexuality is a sexual orientation where a person is attracted to people of their own and another gender (e.g., both men and women).How is bisexuality pronounced?[ bahy-sek-shoo-al-i-tee ] are other forms of bisexuality?bi (shortened form for bisexual) are some other words related to bisexuality?

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