Main Entry: pan·sex·u·al·ism

Pronunciation: \-ˈseksh-(ə-)wə-ˌliz-əm\

Variant(s): or pan·sex·u·al·i·ty \-ˌsek-shə-ˈwal-ət-ē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural pan·sex·u·al·isms or pan·sex·u·al·i·ties

1 : the suffusion of all experience and conduct with erotic feeling
2 : the view that all desire and interest are derived from the sex instinct <the reproach of pansexualism which has so often been levelled against psychoanalysis—Psychiatry>