Meanings
nounsexologist (plural sexologists)
plural sexologists
- Someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality.
Daniel Bergner, age 48, the divorced father of two teenage children, is what sexologists would call a straight, vanilla teleiophile.
2009 January 24, Charles Mcgrath, “Surveying the Outer Reaches of Lust”, in The New York Times1 more example
Then there's US sexologist Ray Blanchard, best known for his ... well, problematic concept of autogynyphelia: the idea that trans women are actually men who feel attracted to their female-selves.
2012 December 9, Paris Lees, “Transgender people get a status update”, in The Guardian
Origin
Translations
Arabic عَالِم اَلْجِنْس
- عَالِم اَلْجِنْس (ʕālim al-jins)someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
Catalan sexòleg, sexòloga
- sexòlegsomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
- sexòlogasomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
Chinese Mandarin 性學家 /性学家
- 性學家 /性学家 (xìngxuéjiā)someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
Czech sexuolog, sexuoložka
- sexuologsomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
- sexuoložkasomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
Dutch seksuoloog, seksuologe
- seksuoloogsomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
- seksuologesomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
Finnish seksologi
- seksologisomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
French sexologue
- sexologuesomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
German Sexologe, Sexologin
- Sexologesomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
- Sexologinsomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
- Sexualforschersomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
- Sexualforscherinsomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
- Sexualwissenschaftlersomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
- Sexualwissenschaftlerinsomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
Greek σεξολόγος
- σεξολόγος (sexológos)someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
Hungarian szexológus
- szexológussomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
Italian sessuologo, sessuologa
- sessuologosomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
- sessuologasomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
Portuguese sexólogo, sexóloga
- sexólogosomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
- sexólogasomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
- sexologistasomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
Russian сексо́лог
- сексо́лог (seksólog)someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
Slovak sexuológ, sexuologička
- sexuológsomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
- sexuologičkasomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
Spanish sexólogo, sexóloga
- sexólogosomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
- sexólogasomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
Swedish sexolog
- sexologsomeone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sexologist
psychologisttechnologistpathologistanthropologistarchaeologistdermatologistcardiologistneurologistgynecologistanesthesiologistentomologistcosmetologisthydrologistmusicologistornithologistgerontologistpharmacologistclimatologistegyptologistvirologistnephrologistotolaryngologistseismologistpulmonologist
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
sexologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexologist
MLA
“sexologist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexologist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sexologist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexologist.
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