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Definition of Sexual

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characterized by sexuality. "Sexual distinctions"

2. Adjective. Having or involving sex. "Sexual spores"

3. Adjective. Involved in a sexual relationship. "He touched her intimate parts"

Definition of Sexual

1. a. Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive genital organs of the sexes; proceeding from, or based upon, sex; as, sexual characteristics; sexual intercourse, connection, or commerce; sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexual generation.

Definition of Sexual

1. Adjective. Of or relating to having sex, sexual acts and sexual reproduction. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or relating to gender. ¹

3. Adjective. Of or relating to sexuality. ¹

4. Adjective. Of or relating to sexual orientations, sexual identity or preferences with respect to sexual intercourse ¹

5. Noun. (biology) A species which reproduces by sexual rather than asexual reproduction, or a member of such a species. ¹

6. Noun. (LGBT) A person who experiences sexual attraction, a person who has interest in or desire for sex (qualifier especially as contrasted with an asexual). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sexual

1. pertaining to sex [adj] : SEXUALLY [adv]

Medical Definition of Sexual

1. Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive genital organs of the sexes; proceeding from, or based upon, sex; as, sexual characteristics; sexual intercourse, connection, or commerce; sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexual generation. Sexual dimorphism, the condition of having one of the sexes existing in two forms, or varieties, differing in colour, size, etc, as in many species of butterflies which have two kinds of females. Sexual method, the selective preference of one sex for certain characteristics in the other, such as bright colours, musical notes, etc.; also, the selection which results from certain individuals of one sex having more opportunities of pairing with the other sex, on account of greater activity, strength, courage, etc.; applied likewise to that kind of evolution which results from such sexual preferences. "In these cases, therefore, natural selection seems to have acted independently of sexual selection." (A. R. Wallace) Origin: L. Sexualis, fr. Sexus sex: cf. F. Sexuel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Literary usage of Sexual

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Sex Offender: New Insights, Treatment Innovations and Legal Developmentsby Barbara K Schwartz, Henry R Cellini by Barbara K Schwartz, Henry R Cellini (1997)
"Understanding sexual assault: The offense and the offender. ... sexual trauma in the life histories of rapists and child molesters. ..."

2. The Sex Offenderby Barbara K. Schwartz, Henry R. Cellini by Barbara K. Schwartz, Henry R. Cellini (1995)
"... 27-2 Introduction 27-2 sexual Harassment as sexual Abuse 27-2 The Beginnings of sexual Harassment Law 27-2 Typologies of sexual Harassment 27-3 Quid Pro ..."

3. The Descent of Man: And Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles ( Darwin (1890)
"SECONDARY sexual CHARACTERS IN THE LOWER CLASSES OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. These characters absent in the lowest classes—Brilliant colours—Molluscs ..."

4. Criminality and Economic Conditions by Willem Adriaan Bonger (1916)
"sexual CRIMES. MOST authors who treat of the correlation between criminality and economic conditions, have devoted their attention to economic crimes ..."

5. When the Victim Is a Child by Debra Whitcomb (1992)
"Traumatic sexualization results from the inappropriate sexual contacts and relationships that typify abusive incidents. 2. Betrayal results when the child ..."

6. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1922)
"CHAPTER XII sexual MODESTY sexual shame may be defined as the shame caused by the idea of the sexual function or anything which is apt to lead to such an ..."

7. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1897)
"It is not necessary for me before a society of experts in psychiatry to dwell upon the medical, social and forensic importance of sexual perversion. ..."

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