bisexual

/'bai'seksjuəl/

Thân thiện

A person who is bisexual may experience attraction to more than one gender.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Sexually attracted to both sexes: Describes a person who experiences romantic or sexual attraction to people of more than one gender, typically to both men and women.
   • Having both male and female reproductive organs in one individual: In biology, describes an organism that possesses both male and female sex characteristics or reproductive structures.

2. Noun:

   • A person who is sexually attracted to both sexes: An individual whose sexual orientation is characterized by attraction to people of more than one gender.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • She identifies as bisexual and is open about her orientation.
  • Some plants, like the earthworm, are naturally bisexual organisms.

• Noun:

  • He is a bisexual who advocates for greater visibility in the community.
  • The support group provides a safe space for bisexuals to share their experiences.

Advanced Usage

• "Bisexual spectrum": A term acknowledging that bisexuality encompasses a wide range of attractions and identities, not limited to a strict 50/50 split.

  • Her identity falls on the bisexual spectrum, as her attraction varies over time.

• "Bisexual erasure": The tendency to ignore, remove, falsify, or re-explain evidence of bisexuality in history, academia, news media, and other primary sources.

  • The article discussed the problem of bisexual erasure in mainstream films.

Variants and Related Words

• Bisexuality (n): The quality or characteristic of being bisexual.

  • He gave a lecture on the history of bisexuality.

• Bisexually (adv): In a bisexual manner.

  • The flower reproduces bisexually.

Synonyms

• Adjective (regarding orientation): Pansexual, sexually fluid.
• Adjective (biological): Hermaphroditic, monoecious.
• Noun: Bi (informal).

Related Phrases

• "Bi-curious": A term for a person who is curious about or exploring attraction to people of more than one gender but may not identify as bisexual.
  • He described his past self as bi-curious before fully embracing a bisexual identity.

Related Idioms

• "To come out as bisexual": To disclose one's bisexual orientation to others.
  • After years of reflection, she decided to come out as bisexual to her family.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having an ambiguous sexual identity
2. sexually attracted to both sexes

Noun

1. a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes

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