pansexual

[ pan-sek-shoo-uhl ]

adjective
  1. Also omnisexual.

    • noting or relating to a person who is sexually or romantically attracted to people of any gender or to people regardless of their gender.

    • expressing sexuality in all its forms, or involving sexual activity with people of any gender or with people regardless of their gender.

  2. Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.

noun
  1. a person who is sexually or romantically attracted to people of any gender or to people regardless of their gender; omnisexual.

Origin of pansexual

1
First recorded in 1925–30; pan- + sexual

confusables note For pansexual

What's the difference between pansexual, bisexual, and omnisexual? See bisexual.

Other words from pansexual

  • pan·sex·u·al·i·ty [pan-sek-shoo-al-i-tee], /pænˌsɛk ʃuˈæl ɪ ti/, noun

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