bisexuality

[ or, especially British, -seks-yoo- ]

noun
  1. sexual desire or behavior directed toward people of more than one gender, sometimes understood to include attraction to one's own sex or gender and at least one other sex or gender.

  2. the state of being sexually attracted to people of more than one gender, sometimes understood to include attraction to one's own sex or gender and at least one other sex or gender.

  1. Biology.

    • (of a species) having two distinct sexes:In these plants, bisexuality recently evolved from an ancestral unisexual condition.

    • having both male and female sexual organs present in one individual:Bisexuality occurs in about 50% of the red sea bream's juvenile population.

Origin of bisexuality

1
First recorded in 1840–50 for def. 3, and in 1890–95 for defs. 1, 2; bi-1 + sexuality; from German Bisexualität for defs. 1, 2

usage note For bisexuality

Does bisexuality involve attraction to only two genders? See bisexual.

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Cultural definitions for bisexuality

bisexuality

Sexual activity with, or sexual attraction to, members of both sexes.

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