spectrasexual

English

Etymology

From spectra +‎ -sexual.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: spĕk′trə-sĕk′sho͞o-əl
  • Rhymes: -ɛkʃuəl, -ɛkʃuːəl
  • Hyphenation: spec‧tra‧sex‧ual

Adjective

spectrasexual (comparative more spectrasexual, superlative most spectrasexual)

  1. (rare, LGBTQ) Attracted to multiple genders and sexes, but not all of them.
    Synonym: polysexual
    • 2023 February 16, Tianna Soto, “What Does It Mean to Be Spectrasexual?”, in Cosmopolitan‎[1]:
      Spectrasexual differs slightly from terms like pansexual and omnisexual, which also describe folks who can be attracted to various genders (more on that soon).

Noun

spectrasexual (plural spectrasexuals)

  1. One who is spectrasexual.
    Synonym: polysexual
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.