pan·sex·u·al·ism
| \ -ˈseksh-(ə-)wə-ˌliz-əm
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variants:
or pansexuality \
-ˌsek-shə-ˈwal-ət-ē
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\
plural pansexualisms or pansexualities
Medical Definition of pansexualism
1
: the suffusion of all experience and conduct with erotic feeling
2
: the view according to psychoanalytic theory that all desire and interest are derived from the sex instinct
the reproach of pansexualism which has so often been levelled against psychoanalysis — Psychiatry
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“Pansexualism.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/pansexualism. Accessed 25 Jun. 2022.
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