allosexual
Meanings
Plural: allosexuals
Adj
- Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual.
- LGB; queer; non-heterosexual.
- Directed toward or involving another person rather than (only) oneself.
- Involving or directed at the other biological sex; heterosexual; not isosexual.
Noun
- One who experiences sexual attraction; one who is not asexual.
Origin / Etymology
From allo- (“other”) + sexual. "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) Canadian French allosexuel.
Antonyms
ace, asexual, autosexual, heterosexual, homosexual, isosexual
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