allosexual

ˌæloʊˈsɛkʃuəl

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#1·8h ago

(LGBTQ, of a, person) Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual.

Origin: From . "Directed at or involving another rather than one's self" and "involving the other sex; heterosexual" are the most etymologically literal senses (regarding the latter sense, compare the structure of heterosexual), structural and semantic opposites of autosexual and isosexual. The sense "non-heterosexual" was influenced by (and had influence on). Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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(LGBTQ, uncommon, chiefly, Canada) LGB; queer; non-heterosexual.

2014 March 20, a letter to the editor of The Record, volume 116, number 20, page 6:

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#3·8h ago

(chiefly, social sciences, of sexual desire or activity) Directed toward or involving another person rather than (only) oneself.

: Sexual assault is alarmingly common, yet most victims still identify as heterosexual, cisgender and allosexual (the opposite of asexual) after the trauma. Being sexual assaulted did not make me asexual,

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