nonsex

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adjective

Not of or pertaining to sex.

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Meanings

adjectivenonsex (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot of or pertaining to sex.

    In a girl’s cells, you don’t see two pleasantly active X chromosomes behaving like two ordinary nonsex chromosomes.

    2007 May 1, Natalie Angier, “For Motherly X Chromosome, Gender Is Only the Beginning”, in New York Times

Origin

From non- + sex.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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