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noun
a person viewed as being of little interest or merit beyond the potential for providing sexual gratification.
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Origin of sex object
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby sex object
sexless, sex-limited, sex-linkage, sex-linked, sex-linked trait, sex object, sex offender, sexology, sexpartite, sexpert, sex play
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How to use sex object in a sentence
Tell me, have you ever considered the possibilities of a Raisinet as a sex object?
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview|Alex Belth|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEASTI was often treated as his personal sex object and cast aside.
Why Has the Public Forgiven R. Kelly for His Sordid, Predatory Past?|Marlow Stern|December 9, 2013|DAILY BEASTIn it the grown individual lavishes upon his own body all the affection usually devoted to some foreign sex object.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis|Sigmund FreudThe sex object as a rule draws upon itself a part of the narcism of the ego.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis|Sigmund Freud
British Dictionary definitions for sex object
sex object
noun
a person viewed or treated as a means of obtaining sexual gratification
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