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.

Adjective

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

Noun

1. a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes