Meaning of pansexuality | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people regardless of their gender or sex.
   uncountable, usually
2. Sexuality that encompasses all kinds of sexuality.
   rare, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“They know nothing of flower power or meditation, pansexuality, or mind expansion.”

“Pansexuality encompasses all kinds of sexuality. It differs, however, from pansexualism, a perspective that declares “all desire and interest are derived from the sex instinct.” Pansexuality includes heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, and sexual behavior that does not necessarily involve a coupling. It includes, for example, masturbation, celibacy, fetishism, and fantasy. Moreover, pansexuality includes heteroerotic and homoerotic play and sexual aggression, sometimes mislabeled as “horseplay.””

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