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

Richard Kinsey, senior biodiversity ranger at the Department of Conservation, was part of the dive team that encountered the coral.

From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026

“Males do not represent two discrete populations, heterosexual and homosexual,” noted Alfred Kinsey, author of the Kinsey Report and himself bisexual, in 1948.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 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