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allosexual.

Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˌæloʊˈsɛkʃuəl/
  1. Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual.

  2. LGB; queer; non-heterosexual.

    Canada · uncommon
  3. Directed toward or involving another person rather than (only) oneself.

  4. Involving or directed at the other biological sex; heterosexual; not isosexual.

Where this word comes from

From allo- (“other”) + sexual. "Directed at or involving another rather than one's self" and "involving the other sex; heterosexual" are the most etymologically literal senses (regarding the latter sense, compare the structure of heterosexual), structural and semantic opposites of autosexual and isosexual. The sense "non-heterosexual" was influenced by (and had influence on) Canadian French allosexuel.

noun/ˌæloʊˈsɛkʃuəl/
  1. One who experiences sexual attraction; one who is not asexual.

Where this word comes from

From allo- (“other”) + sexual. "Directed at or involving another rather than one's self" and "involving the other sex; heterosexual" are the most etymologically literal senses (regarding the latter sense, compare the structure of heterosexual), structural and semantic opposites of autosexual and isosexual. The sense "non-heterosexual" was influenced by (and had influence on) Canadian French allosexuel.

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