Meanings
plural pansexualities
- uncountableusuallyA sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people regardless of their gender or sex.
They know nothing of flower power or meditation, pansexuality, or mind expansion.
1976 June 7, Nik Cohn, “Inside the Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night”, in New York Magazine - rareuncountableusuallySexuality that encompasses all kinds of sexuality.
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Pansexuality encompasses all kinds of sexuality. It differs, however, from pansexualism, a perspective that declares “all desire and interest are derived from the sex instinct.” Pansexuality includes heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, and sexual behavior that does not necessarily involve a coupling. It includes, for example, masturbation, celibacy, fetishism, and fantasy. Moreover, pansexuality includes heteroerotic and homoerotic play and sexual aggression, sometimes mislabeled as “horseplay.”
1999, “Jennifer A Dobrac”, in The Oncale Opinion: A Pansexual Response, 30 MCGEORGE L. REV. 1269, page 2
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*ph₂énts?
- Proto-Hellenic*pánts
- Ancient Greekπᾶς (pâs)
- Ancient Greekπᾰν- (păn-)
- Englishpan-
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
- Proto-Italic*seksus
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*sekaō
- Latinsecō
- Latinsecāre?
- Latinsexus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinsexuālis
- Englishsexual
- Englishpansexual
- Englishpansexuality
Translations
Arabic شُمُولِيَّة جِنْسِيّة
- شُمُولِيَّة جِنْسِيّةsexual orientation
Basque pansexualitate
- pansexualitatesexual orientation
Bulgarian пансексуа́лност
- пансексуа́лност (panseksuálnost)sexual orientation
Catalan pansexualitat
- pansexualitatsexual orientation
Chinese Mandarin 全性戀 /全性恋, 泛性戀 /泛性恋
- 全性戀 /全性恋 (quánxìngliàn)sexual orientation
- 泛性戀 /泛性恋 (fànxìngliàn)sexual orientation
Czech pansexualita
- pansexualitasexual orientation
Danish panseksualitet, omniseksualitet
- panseksualitetsexual orientation
- omniseksualitetsexual orientation
Dutch panseksualiteit
- panseksualiteitsexual orientation
Esperanto ĉiuseksemo, ajnseksemo
- ĉiuseksemosexual orientation
- ajnseksemosexual orientation
Finnish panseksuaalisuus
- panseksuaalisuussexual orientation
French pansexualité
- pansexualitésexual orientation
German Pansexualität
- Pansexualitätsexual orientation
Hindi सर्वलैंगिकता
- सर्वलैंगिकता (sarvlaiṅgiktā)sexual orientation
Hungarian pánszexualitás
- pánszexualitássexual orientation
Icelandic alkynhneigð
- alkynhneigðsexual orientation
Indonesian panseksualitas
- panseksualitassexual orientation
Italian pansessualità
- pansessualitàsexual orientation
Japanese 全性愛
- 全性愛 (zenseiai)sexual orientation
Korean 범성애
- 범성애 (beomseong'ae)sexual orientation
Norwegian panfili
- panfilisexual orientation
Persian همهجنسگرایی
- همهجنسگرایی (hame-jens-garâyi)sexual orientation
Polish panseksualizm
- panseksualizmsexual orientation
Portuguese pansexualidade
- pansexualidadesexual orientation
Romanian pansexualitate
- pansexualitatesexual orientation
Russian пансексуа́льность
- пансексуа́льность (pansɛksuálʹnostʹ)sexual orientation
Spanish pansexualidad
- pansexualidadsexual orientation
Swedish omnisexualitet, pansexualitet
- omnisexualitetsexual orientation
- pansexualitetsexual orientation
Tamil அனைத்துப்பாலீர்ப்பு
- அனைத்துப்பாலீர்ப்பு (aṉaittuppālīrppu)sexual orientation
Turkish panseksüellik
- panseksüelliksexual orientation
Cite this entry
pansexuality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pansexuality
“pansexuality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pansexuality. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pansexuality,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pansexuality.
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