bisexuality

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noun

The state of being sexually attracted to members of either sex; experiencing both heterosexual and homosexual attraction.

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Meanings

nounbisexuality (countable and uncountable, plural bisexualities)

plural bisexualities

  1. countableuncountableThe state of being sexually attracted to members of either sex; experiencing both heterosexual and homosexual attraction.
  2. countableuncountablebiologyThe state of being bisexual (“having both male and female parts or roles”).

    Recall from earlier in this paper that H. longicornis consists of obligatory bisexual diploid races (20+XX 0; 20+X) […] and variance is obscured because of the simultaneous variables of method of reproduction (bisexuality vs. thelytoky) and […]

    1983, Entomological Society of America, Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America

Synonyms & antonyms

nounshowing characteristics of both sexes

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Bengali উভকামিতা
  • উভকামিতা (ubhkamita)psychology
Bulgarian бисексуа́лност, дво́йна резба́
  • бисексуа́лност (biseksuálnost)psychology
  • дво́йна резба́ (dvójna rezbá)psychology
Catalan bisexualitat
  • bisexualitatpsychology
Chinese Mandarin 雙性戀 /双性恋
  • 雙性戀 /双性恋 (shuāngxìngliàn)psychology
Dutch biseksualiteit
  • biseksualiteitpsychology
Esperanto ambaŭseksemo
  • ambaŭseksemopsychology
Finnish biseksuaalisuus, biseksuaalisuus
  • biseksuaalisuusbotany
  • biseksuaalisuuspsychology
French bisexualité
  • bisexualitépsychology
German Bisexualität
  • Bisexualitätpsychology
Greek αμφιφυλοφιλία
  • αμφιφυλοφιλία (amfifylofilía)psychology
Hindi उभयलैंगिकता
  • उभयलैंगिकता (ubhaylaiṅgiktā)psychology
Hungarian biszexualitás
  • biszexualitáspsychology
Icelandic tvíkynhneigð
  • tvíkynhneigðpsychology
Indonesian biseksualitas
  • biseksualitaspsychology
Italian bisessualità, ermafrodismo
  • bisessualitàbotany
  • ermafrodismobotany
  • bisessualitàpsychology
Japanese 両性愛
  • 両性愛 (ryōseiai)psychology
Korean 양성애
  • 양성애 (yangseong'ae)psychology
Malay kedwijantinaan
  • kedwijantinaanbotany
Norwegian bisexualitet
  • bisexualitetpsychology
Persian دوجنسگرایی
  • دوجنسگرایی (do-jens-garâyi)psychology
Polish biseksualizm
  • biseksualizmpsychology
Portuguese bissexualidade
  • bissexualidadepsychology
Romanian bisexualitate, bisexualitate
  • bisexualitatebotany
  • bisexualitatepsychology
Russian двупо́лость, бисексуа́льность
  • двупо́лость (dvupólostʹ)botany
  • бисексуа́льность (bisɛksuálʹnostʹ)psychology
Scottish Gaelic dà-ghnèitheachd
  • dà-ghnèitheachdpsychology
Slovak obojpohlavnosť, bisexualita
  • obojpohlavnosťbotany
  • bisexualitapsychology
Spanish bisexualidad
  • bisexualidadpsychology
Swedish bisexualitet, bisexualitet
  • bisexualitetbotany
  • bisexualitetpsychology
Tamil இருபாலீர்ப்பு, இருபால்சேர்க்கை
  • இருபாலீர்ப்பு (irupālīrppu)psychology
  • இருபால்சேர்க்கை (irupālcērkkai)psychology
Turkish biseksüellik
  • biseksüellikpsychology
Ukrainian бісексуа́льність
  • бісексуа́льність (biseksuálʹnistʹ)psychology
Vietnamese song tính luyến ái
  • song tính luyến áipsychology
Welsh deurywioldeb
  • deurywioldebpsychology
Cite this entry
APA

bisexuality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bisexuality

MLA

“bisexuality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bisexuality. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bisexuality,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bisexuality.

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