pansexualism

noun

pan·​sex·​u·​al·​ism -ˈseksh-(ə-)wə-ˌliz-əm How to pronounce pansexualism (audio)
variants or pansexuality
plural pansexualisms or pansexualities
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 psychoanalysisPsychiatry

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“Pansexualism.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/pansexualism. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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