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sexuoerotic

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

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adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to sex and erotic arousal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1987, John Money, "Homosexual Gender Identity and Psychoneuroendocrinology", in American Psychologist, volume 42, issue 4, pages 384–399, as reprinted in Stella Chess, Alexander Thomas, and Margaret Hertzig (editors), Annual Progress in Child Psychiatry and Child Development, 1988: A Selection of the Year's Outstanding Contributions to the Understanding and Treatment of the Normal and Disturbed Child, Brunner/Mazel Publishers (1988), →ISBN, page 41, As in subhuman primates, in the human species sexuoerotic status is dependent not only on prenatal homonalization, but also on postnatal socialization effects.

Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English sexuo- Proto-Indo-European *h1rem-der. Proto-Indo-European *h1rém-e-tider.? Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ἐράω (eráō) Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)der. Latin erōticuslbor. French érotiqueder. English erotic English sexuoerotic From sexuo- + erotic.