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bisexual
[ bahy-sek-shoo-uhl ]
adjective
- noting or relating to a person who is sexually or romantically attracted to people of more than one gender, sometimes understood to include attraction to one's own sex or gender and at least one other sex or gender.
- Biology.
- of both biological sexes.
- combining male and female organs in one individual.
noun
- a person who is sexually or romantically attracted to people of more than one gender, sometimes understood to include attraction to one's own sex or gender and at least one other sex or gender.
- Biology. an animal or plant that has the reproductive organs of both biological sexes.
bisexual
/ baɪˈsɛksjʊəl; baɪˌsɛksjʊˈælɪtɪ /
adjective
- sexually attracted by both men and women
- showing characteristics of both sexes
a bisexual personality
- (of some plants and animals) having both male and female reproductive organs
- of or relating to both sexes
noun
- a bisexual organism; a hermaphrodite
- a bisexual person
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Derived Forms
- bisexuality, noun
- biˈsexually, adverb
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Other Words From
- bi·sex·u·al·i·ty [bahy-sek-shoo-, al, -i-tee], bi·sex·u·al·ism noun
- bi·sex·u·al·ly adverb
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Example Sentences
The new Secret Six continues that tradition establishing Catman as bisexual.
Why is it important to have a bisexual character in a comic book?
It is true that gay and bisexual men are far more likely to transmit HIV than other population groups.
Bisexual people, too, tend to be particularly closeted both at home and in the office.
I liked the idea of being bisexual and then met a girl who had a bit of lesbian experience and got together within a few months.
Each worm is bisexual or hermaphrodite, on which account they multiply with great rapidity.
The whole pantheism of the Vedanta is contained in the symbol of the bisexual deity Ardhanari.
Alismace—Aquatic plants with radical net-veined leaves, and (generally) conspicuous, white, bisexual flowers.
Polygonace—Herbs with sheathing stipules, alternate leaves, and small (generally) bisexual flowers.
Chenopodiace—Herbs with jointed stems and small unisexual or bisexual flowers.
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