Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bi-asexual

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.88 in modern English

Syllables: bi-a-sex-u-al
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Romantically or aesthetically attracted to members of either sex, but not experiencing sexual attraction to others.

Example Sentences

"Asexual people are often attracted to a specific gender just like sexual people are: you can be hetero-asexual, homo-asexual, or bi-asexual."
"Similarly, Mona, a thirty year old white woman, said that she identifies as, “Bi-asexual. The things I find attractive, I find attractive in both sexes.”"
"There was a survey held in the English forum of AVEN (Asexual Visibility and Education Network), which is the longest running forum for asexual people and also claims the most members, according to which 23.7% of the users defined themselves as bi-asexual."

Etymology

From bi- + asexual.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: bi

Inflected Forms

more bi-asexual (comparative) most bi-asexual (superlative)

Questions

What does bi-asexual mean?: Romantically or aesthetically attracted to members of either sex, but not experiencing sexual attraction to others.
Where does bi-asexual come from?: From bi- + asexual.

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