sapiosexual

American  

[sey-pee-oh-sek-shoo-uhl] / ˌseɪ pi oʊˈsɛk ʃu əl /

noun

1. a person who finds intelligence to be a sexually attractive quality in others.

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adjective

1. noting or relating to such a person.

Etymology

Origin of sapiosexual

First recorded in 2000–05; sapi(ent) ( def. ) + -o- ( def. ) + sexual ( def. )

Example Sentences

My labels are demisexual and sapiosexual, or some combination of the two, which makes being attracted to someone when there is no intellectual or emotional spark improbable, if not impossible.

From Los Angeles Times

Though the two are close friends, and one would think by now he would have come to realize she is at least mildly sapiosexual, she seems too perfect, too much a part of the structure that would never accept him, for them to happen.

From Los Angeles Times

And long before “sapiosexual” became a buzzword in online dating profiles, Ginsburg emphasized that Marty was “the only young man I dated who cared that I had a brain.”

From Washington Post

A sapiosexual, for those who didn’t catch the segment, is someone attracted to intellect, which is a bit of a humblebrag.

From The Guardian

Ronson had to walk back his coming out as a sapiosexual, even though anyone watching would have considered it a tepid and slightly baffled coming out, at best.

From The Guardian