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pansexual

American  

[pan-sek-shoo-uhl] / pænˈsɛk ʃu əl /

adjective

1. Also

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

   2. 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.

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noun

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

Usage

What does pansexual mean? Pansexual refers to someone who is romantically, emotionally, or sexually attracted to people of any gender or regardless of their gender. Some pansexual people may say that, when it comes to attraction, they don't see gender or they find it irrelevant. That's what distinguishes pansexuality from omnisexuality or bisexuality.

Commonly Confused

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

Other Word Forms

• pansexuality
  noun

Etymology

Origin of pansexual

First recorded in 1925–30; pan- + sexual

Example Sentences

Pansexual premonitions: Either filmmaker Gregg Araki always saw where Gen Z culture was headed, or his radically queer entries into the conversation—among them Totally F***ed Up, The Doom Generation, and Nowhere—helped to move it along.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2019

Last spring at the College of Wooster in Ohio, I attended a student-run event titled “Not So Straight and Narrow: An Introduction to Bisexual, Pansexual and Fluid Identities.”

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2014