Added 9 October 2026
sexuality
/sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/ noun
Latin root: sexuālitās Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about sexuality at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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The properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles.
she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus
Origin
Learned borrowing from New Latin sexuālitās. By surface analysis, sexual + -ity.
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