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bisexuˈality
[f. prec. + -ity.]
1. Bisexual quality or condition.
1859Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. V. 595/2 The elements of the male, as well as of the female, reproductive apparatus, without any true exhibition of bi-sexuality.
2. The state or condition of being sexually attracted to members of both sexes.
1892C. G. Chaddock tr. R. von Krafft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis (ed. 7) iii. 187 Careful investigation of the so-called acquired cases makes it probable that the predisposition also present here consists of a latent homosexuality, or, at least, bi-sexuality. 1914S. A. Tannenbaum tr. W. Stekel's Masked Homosexuality in Amer. Med. IX. 537/1 Only the careful study of the masked forms of homosexuality will enable us to understand the tremendous significance of bisexuality in our psychic life. 1931Med. Jrnl. & Rec. CXXXIII. 381/2 The homosexual phase of development..still leaves some traces in the mentality of boys between the ages of seventeen and twenty-five. They are still nearer bisexuality than older boys. 1956C. Wilson Outsider iii. 63 Haller admits that a part of his new ‘life of the senses’ is smoking opium; and there is bisexuality too. (Pablo suggests a sexual orgy for three: himself, Harry and Maria; and Maria and Hermine have Lesbian relations.) 1965G. Melly Owning Up ii. 12, I moved slowly from homosexuality to bisexuality and from there to heterosexuality. 1983J. Bancroft Human Sexuality 175 With changing attitudes to homosexuality and to sex in general we should also prepare ourselves for a weakening of the polarisation of homo- and heterosexuality. Bisexuality, or ambisexuality, may become more a part of the human experience. |
