hypersexual
Americanadjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- hypersexuality noun
- hypersexually adverb
Etymology
Origin of hypersexual
Example Sentences
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The furious Midori — curiously hypersexual in manner as she addresses the husband who has rejected her — informs him that she has known for years about his affair with her cousin Saiko.
From New York Times
The white gaze that fetishized Baartman's body as exotic and overtly sexual was the same one that promulgated the stereotype that Black women were sexually promiscuous, lascivious and hypersexual.
From Salon
Yellowface normalizes caricatures of Asians and fetishizes Asian women, exoticizing them through stereotypes of them as alternately submissive and hypersexual.
From New York Times
"Here’s what I’ve learned about myself from doing this kind of work: I’ve learned that I’m not hypersexual at all, actually, which in the long run has cost me money," the star explained to the Daily Beast.
From Fox News
Especially in America, we see the black body as something that feels almost superhuman in strength or agility and is hypersexual.
From New York Times
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