Sexualとは

意味・読み方・使い方

派生語

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛkʃuəl/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛkʃuəl/, /ˈsɛksjuəl/
• 韻: -ɛkʃuəl

形容詞

sexual (comparative more sexual, superlative most sexual)

1. Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes. [from 17th c.]

   Women face sexual discrimination in the workplace.

2. (biology) Capable of sexual reproduction; sexed, sexuate. [from 19th c.]
3. Pertaining to sexual intercourse or other intimate physical contact. [from 18th c.]
   • 2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1:

     One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools […] as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.

   Giving oral sex is my favorite sexual act.

4. Characterised by sexual feelings or behaviour; possessing sexuality. [from 19th c.]

   She's a very sexual woman

   • 1994, Purity & passion →ISBN, page 67:

     We don't often think of Jesus as a sexual person, but He certainly was not asexual. He was not just God on earth. He was fully human and […] He was sexual, single, and celibate.

5. Pertaining to sexuality as a cultural phenomenon; relating to sexual behaviour or conduct. [from 19th c.]

   a sexual innuendo.

   one's sexual preferences

6. (LGBT, of a person, まれに) Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual.

   Synonym: allosexual

   • 2016, Kyell Gold, Black Angel, Kyell Gold (→ISBN):

     […] “You know, there are asexuals with sexual partners.” His ears flicked, and he grinned. “There's things both of us can try to do […] ”

   • 2017, T. T. Monday, Double Switch, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard (→ISBN), page 98:

     Izzy tells me that at her high school the most useful distinction is not between heterosexuals and homosexuals but between those who are sexual and those who are not. The abstainers call themselves “aces,” short for “asexuals.”

7. (obsolete) Pertaining to the female sex. [17th–19th c.]

   Synonym: feminine

   • 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, chapter IV, in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman:

     [T]he inquiry is whether she have reason or not. If she have, which, for a moment, I will take for granted, she was not created merely to be the solace of man, and the sexual should not destroy the human character.

派生語

関連する語

• sex

派生した語

• Japanese: セクシャル (sekusharu)

参考

• 参考 Thesaurus:copulation

名詞

sexual (複数形 sexuals)

1. (biology) A species which reproduces by sexual rather than asexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.

   Antonym: asexual

2. (LGBT) A person who experiences sexual attraction, a person who has interest in or desire for sex (especially as contrasted with an asexual).
   • 2012, Issues in Sexuality and Sexual Behavior Research: 2011 Edition, ScholarlyEditions (→ISBN)

     The findings suggest that asexuality is best conceptualized as a lack of sexual attraction; however, asexuals varied greatly in their experience of sexual response and behavior. Asexuals partnered with sexuals acknowledged having to 'negotiate' sexual activity.

   • 2015, Mark Carrigan, Kristina Gupta, Todd G. Morrison, Asexuality and Sexual Normativity: An Anthology, Routledge (→ISBN), page 11:

     In this article we use absence of sexual attraction to others as a definition but recognise that this definition is contested. […] [A survey] was also advertised online (without explicitly mentioning asexuality in the advert), thus aiming to reach a mixture of asexuals and sexuals.

   Synonym: allosexual

   Antonym: asexual

Further reading

• sexual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sexual in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.