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sexual — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • carnal adjective Relating to physical or sexual desires and pleasures rather than the mind or spirit.
  • sex noun The biological category — male or female — based on reproductive roles.
  • sexual adjective Relating to sex, gender, or reproduction.

Senses

sexual is used for these senses in English:

  • carnal Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.
  • sex (uncountable) Sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier. [from 1899]
  • sexual 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.]

carnal — full definition

  1. adjective Relating to physical or sexual desires and pleasures rather than the mind or spirit.
  2. adjective Relating to the body rather than the spirit; worldly rather than spiritual.

sex — full definition

  1. noun The biological category — male or female — based on reproductive roles.
  2. noun Sexual activity, especially intercourse.

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