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nonsexual

British  
/ nɒnˈsɛksjʊəl /

adjective

  1. not of, relating to, or characterized by sex or sexuality

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“It’s community. It’s music. It is physical touch in a nonsexual way. I also met my boyfriend there.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

They are prohibited from retaliating against performers who request the presence of an intimacy coordinator for any scene, sexual or nonsexual, and must take those requests seriously.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 13, 2023

These same connections have recently been shown to shape nonsexual social connections in lab mice, and the new results suggest some common mechanisms of social attachments across both species and categories of bonds.

From Scientific American Feb. 13, 2023

It is also perfectly possible to speak with children about the existence of transgender people and about families headed by same sex parents in an age-appropriate, nonsexual way.

From Slate Dec. 9, 2022

I loved Lucas Cader, in a very nonsexual way, and this all suited me just fine.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

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