sexlike

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adjective

Resembling sex or some aspect of it.

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Meanings

adjectivesexlike (comparative more sexlike, superlative most sexlike)

comparative more sexlike · superlative most sexlike

  1. Resembling sex or some aspect of it.

    Some bacteria occasionally have a sexlike process, or conjugation […]

    1993, Robert Wesson, Beyond natural selection
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    Because many drugs produce a sexlike pleasure, there is a close relationship between drug taking and sex. Both sexual and drug-induced sensations command attention and condition the brain to seek repetition of the experience.

    1977, Hardin B. Jones, Helen C. Jones, Sensual Drugs: Deprivation and Rehabilitation of the Mind, page 111

Origin

From sex + -like.

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APA

sexlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexlike

MLA

“sexlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexlike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sexlike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexlike.

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