Kinsey

American  

[kin-zee] / ˈkɪn zi /

noun

1. Alfred Charles, 1894–1956, U.S. zoologist; directed studies of human sexual behavior.

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Kinsey British  

/ ˈkɪnzɪ /

noun

1. Alfred Charles. 1894–1956, US zoologist, who directed a survey of human sexual behaviour

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Kinsey Scientific  

/ kĭn′zē /

1. American biologist and zoologist noted for his studies of human sexuality. He published Sexual Behavior in the Human Male in 1948 and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female in 1953 (commonly known as the Kinsey reports), based on interviews with 18,500 Americans about their sexual practices. The reports revealed a greater variety of sexual behavior than had previously been suspected and received widespread attention in the scientific community and among the general public. The reports have been criticized for their statistical limitations and especially for the restricted nature of the sample, consisting almost exclusively of white, middle-class men and women, primarily under age 35.

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Example Sentences

“I’m out here because I’m disgusted with what I’m seeing,” said Kersty Kinsey, a mother who was protesting near the Beaufort, S.C.,

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

“I’d be hard-pressed to think anybody would want an investment with so much upfront markup on it,” says Doug Kinsey, founding partner at Artifex Financial Group, an investment-advisory firm in Dayton, Ohio.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Kinsey also pioneered complex surveying and interviewing methods that are now widely applied throughout STEM.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2025

Jo Kinsey is studio manager at the museum and oversees a team of artists responsible for creating and maintaining the lifelike models.

From BBC • May 29, 2025

And yes, it could be a solidarity thing, like some kind of Kinsey scale Sorting Hat.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera