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bisexuality

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Etymology

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English bisexual
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English bisexuality

    From bisexual + -ity.

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    Noun

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    bisexuality (countable and uncountable, plural bisexualities)

    1. (of humans or other animals) The state of being sexually attracted to members of either sex; experiencing both heterosexual and homosexual attraction.
    2. (chiefly botany) The state of being bisexual (“having both male and female parts or roles”).
      • 1926, Dorothy E. Newton, The Bisexuality of Individual Strains of Coprinus Rostrupianus:
      • 1983, Entomological Society of America, Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America:
        Recall from earlier in this paper that H. longicornis consists of obligatory bisexual diploid races (20+XX 0; 20+X) […] and variance is obscured because of the simultaneous variables of method of reproduction (bisexuality vs. thelytoky) and   […]
      • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:bisexuality.

    Coordinate terms

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    sexual orientationsedit

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