noun
Kinsey
KIHN-zee
noun
1
A rating on the Kinsey scale, a system for describing where someone falls between exclusively heterosexual and exclusively homosexual.
"He jokingly described himself as a Kinsey 2."
How to Use Kinsey
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA number from the Kinsey scale used to describe sexual orientation on a spectrum rather than as a strict either/or.
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Etymology
Named after Alfred Kinsey (1894-1956), the American biologist who devised the scale in his research on human sexuality.