Meaning of antisexual | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Opposing or disapproving of sexual intercourse.
2. Suppressing or reducing sexual desire; anaphrodisiac.

Examples

“But as the Church through the centuries grew in power and scope - with its monks and their mutilations and asceticisms, and its celibate clergy, and its absolute refusal to recognize the sexual meaning of its own⟳ acclaimed symbols (like⟳ the Cross, the three fingers of Benediction, the Fleur de Lys and so forth) - it more and more consistently defined itself as anti-sexual in its outlook, and stood out in that way in marked contrast to the earlier Nature-religions.”

“As more and more heterosexual Americans become⟳ aware of homosexuals as human beings instead of archetypes of evil, antisexual society once again needs to find⟳ a new class of perverts loathsome enough to serve⟳ as the vehicles for the general suppression of sexual deviance.”

“Among this group are the solanacei alkaloids, that have⟳ a decided anti-sexual tendency. Such plants and similar anaphrodisiacs were often used, especially in the Middle Ages, to promote⟳ asceticism and, in the case of monks, to diminish fleshly desires.”

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