plurisexual

English

Etymology

From pluri- +‎ sexual, by analogy with monosexual.

Adjective

plurisexual (not comparable)

1. Sexually attracted to members of multiple sexes.

   My plurisexual friends discussed attraction to people of multiple genders with me.

   • 1969, Joan Matthews, “Bisexuality in the Male”, in The Journal of Sex Research, volume 5, number 2, →DOI, page 126:

     He believes that man is born with a plurisexual disposition and that there is nothing unusual about his seeking satisfaction with either sex...

   • 2017, Christopher K. Belous, Melissa L. Bauman, “What's in a Name? Exploring Pansexuality Online”, in Journal of Bisexuality, volume 17, number 1, →DOI, page 60:

     Few studies have focused on nonbinary individuals aside from bisexuality or fail to differentiate between bisexuality and other plurisexual identities.

Noun

plurisexual (plural plurisexuals)

1. A plurisexual person.
   • 2020, Rosie Nelson, “'What do bisexuals look like? I don't know!' Visibility, gender, and safety among plurisexuals”, in Journal of Sociology, volume 56, number 4, →DOI, page 591:

     Plurisexuals are often interpreted as half gay/half straight due to the prevailing belief that multigendered attractions are temporary, or illusory.

Hyponyms

• bisexual
• pansexual
• queer

Derived terms

• plurisexuality

See also

• (sexual orientations) sexual orientation; asexual (-ity, ace), bisexual (-ity, bi), demisexual (-ity, demi), graysexual (-ity), heterosexual (-ity, straight), homosexual (-ity, gay, lesbian), omnisexual (-ity), pansexual (-ity, pan), polysexual (-ity), sapiosexual (-ity), androsexual (-ity), gynesexual (-ity) ^{(Category: en:Sexual orientations)}
• multisexual
• polysexual