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sexology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /sɛkˈsɒlədʒi/
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noun

Meaning 1

The study of sex and sexuality, usually from a psychological or clinical perspective.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Coined by Elizabeth Osgood Goodrich Willard in 1867 from sex + -ology.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: طِبّ جِنْسِيّ (ṭibb jinsiyy) — study of sex and sexuality
  • Bengali: যৌনবিদ্যা (jōunbidda) — study of sex and sexuality
  • Burmese: လိင်ပညာ (lingpa.nya) — study of sex and sexuality
  • Catalan: sexologia — study of sex and sexuality
  • Chinese Cantonese: 性學 /性学 — study of sex and sexuality
  • Chinese Mandarin: 性學 /性学 (xìngxué) — study of sex and sexuality
  • Czech: sexuologie — study of sex and sexuality
  • Danish: sexologi — study of sex and sexuality
  • Dutch: seksuologie — study of sex and sexuality
  • Esperanto: seksologio — study of sex and sexuality
  • Finnish: seksologia — study of sex and sexuality
  • Finnish: sukupuolioppi — study of sex and sexuality
  • French: sexologie — study of sex and sexuality
  • Galician: sexoloxía — study of sex and sexuality
  • German: Sexualwissenschaft — study of sex and sexuality
  • German: Sexualforschung — study of sex and sexuality
  • German: Sexologie — study of sex and sexuality
  • German: Sexuologie — study of sex and sexuality
  • Greek: σεξολογία (sexología) — study of sex and sexuality
  • Hebrew: סקסולוגיה — study of sex and sexuality
  • Hungarian: szexológia — study of sex and sexuality
  • Italian: sessuologia — study of sex and sexuality
  • Japanese: 性科学 (seikagaku) — study of sex and sexuality
  • Khmer: ភេទវិទ្យា (phet vi tyea) — study of sex and sexuality
  • Korean: 성과학 (seonggwahak) — study of sex and sexuality
  • Lithuanian: seksologija — study of sex and sexuality
  • Norwegian: sexologi — study of sex and sexuality
  • Papiamentu: sexologia — study of sex and sexuality
  • Polish: seksuologia — study of sex and sexuality
  • Portuguese: sexologia — study of sex and sexuality
  • Romanian: sexologie — study of sex and sexuality
  • Russian: сексоло́гия (sɛksológija) — study of sex and sexuality
  • Serbo-Croatian: seksològija — study of sex and sexuality
  • Serbo-Croatian: сексоло̀гија — study of sex and sexuality
  • Slovak: sexuológia — study of sex and sexuality
  • Slovene: seksologíja — study of sex and sexuality
  • Spanish: sexología — study of sex and sexuality
  • Swedish: sexologi — study of sex and sexuality
  • Tagalog: dalubsarian — study of sex and sexuality
  • Tagalog: seksolohiya — study of sex and sexuality
  • Thai: เพศวิทยา — study of sex and sexuality
  • Turkish: cinsellik bilimi — study of sex and sexuality
  • Turkish: seksoloji — study of sex and sexuality
  • Ukrainian: сексологія (seksolohija) — study of sex and sexuality
  • Urdu: جنسیات — study of sex and sexuality
  • Vietnamese: tình dục học — study of sex and sexuality
  • Welsh: rhywoleg — study of sex and sexuality