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adj
Engaging in sexualism; discriminating based on someone's sexuality.
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A proponent of sexualism: advocating preferential treatment of women because of their role in reproducing the species
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Pertaining to Linnaeus' sexual system of botanical classification.
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Based on or deriving from sexuality.
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Sexist.
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noun
One who believes that plants reproduce by sexual reproduction, especially one who accepts the sexual classification method of Linnaeus.
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Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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One who is very sexual; A person who is very lusty.
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noun
Someone with a specified type of sexuality.
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Usage: usually
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noun
One who promotes sexual freedom.
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History
Originally a calque of New Latin sexualista (“advocate of Linnaeus's ideas of sexual reproduction in plants”), from sexualis (“sexual”) + -ista (“-ist”). Now in additional senses directly from sexual + -ist.
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