as in sex
the sexual habits and desires of a person
She is comfortable with her sexuality. a study of male sexuality
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Fetal development videos in schools School classes about human growth, development or sexuality have to include a three minute or longer video showing early fetal development, according to the Senate Substitute for HB 2382.
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2025
The actor had faced pressure from within the industry, as well as from her family and her faith, to tamp down their sexuality.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 7 July 2025
This panel presented by SisterSong Reproductive Justice Collective, brings culture-shifters, policymakers, and storytellers together to explore how Reproductive Justice sits at the crossroads of race, gender, sexuality, policy, and pop culture.
—Essence, 6 July 2025
Other members of the Murtaugh family included dad Jimmy Murtaugh, played by Levy, 78, plus Carmen Electra, Shawn Roberts, Jaime King and Robbie Amell, among others
Stoner opened up about their sexuality in a candid first-person essay published in Teen Vogue in 2018.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 6 July 2025
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2025
The actor had faced pressure from within the industry, as well as from her family and her faith, to tamp down their sexuality.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 7 July 2025
This panel presented by SisterSong Reproductive Justice Collective, brings culture-shifters, policymakers, and storytellers together to explore how Reproductive Justice sits at the crossroads of race, gender, sexuality, policy, and pop culture.
—Essence, 6 July 2025
Other members of the Murtaugh family included dad Jimmy Murtaugh, played by Levy, 78, plus Carmen Electra, Shawn Roberts, Jaime King and Robbie Amell, among others
Stoner opened up about their sexuality in a candid first-person essay published in Teen Vogue in 2018.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 6 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sexuality
sex
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The defense, with its framing, wanted to awaken any latent unease that a juror—an older one, perhaps—might feel toward the preceding years of correction between the sexes.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
3 July 2025
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Trump has signed executive orders proclaiming the government will recognize only two sexes, male and female.—
Sharon Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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“Sexuality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sexuality. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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