Meanings
nounsexology (countable and uncountable, plural sexologies)
plural sexologies
- countableuncountableThe study of sex and sexuality, usually from a psychological or clinical perspective.
Synonyms: sexual psychology
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe study of sex and sexuality, usually from a psychological or clinical perspective.
Similar
sexual psychology
Origin
Coined by Elizabeth Osgood Goodrich Willard in 1867 from sex + -ology.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic طِبّ جِنْسِيّ
- طِبّ جِنْسِيّ (ṭibb jinsiyy)study of sex and sexuality
Bengali যৌনবিদ্যা
- যৌনবিদ্যা (jōunbidda)study of sex and sexuality
Catalan sexologia
- sexologiastudy of sex and sexuality
Chinese Cantonese 性學 /性学
- 性學 /性学study of sex and sexuality
Chinese Mandarin 性學 /性学
- 性學 /性学 (xìngxué)study of sex and sexuality
Czech sexuologie
- sexuologiestudy of sex and sexuality
Danish sexologi
- sexologistudy of sex and sexuality
Dutch seksuologie
- seksuologiestudy of sex and sexuality
Esperanto seksologio
- seksologiostudy of sex and sexuality
Finnish seksologia, sukupuolioppi
- seksologiastudy of sex and sexuality
- sukupuolioppistudy of sex and sexuality
French sexologie
- sexologiestudy of sex and sexuality
German Sexualwissenschaft, Sexualforschung
- Sexualwissenschaftstudy of sex and sexuality
- Sexualforschungstudy of sex and sexuality
- Sexologiestudy of sex and sexuality
- Sexuologiestudy of sex and sexuality
Greek σεξολογία
- σεξολογία (sexología)study of sex and sexuality
Hebrew סקסולוגיה
- סקסולוגיהstudy of sex and sexuality
Hungarian szexológia
- szexológiastudy of sex and sexuality
Italian sessuologia
- sessuologiastudy of sex and sexuality
Japanese 性科学
- 性科学 (seikagaku)study of sex and sexuality
Korean 성과학
- 성과학 (seonggwahak)study of sex and sexuality
Lithuanian seksologija
- seksologijastudy of sex and sexuality
Norwegian sexologi
- sexologistudy of sex and sexuality
Polish seksuologia
- seksuologiastudy of sex and sexuality
Portuguese sexologia
- sexologiastudy of sex and sexuality
Romanian sexologie
- sexologiestudy of sex and sexuality
Russian сексоло́гия
- сексоло́гия (sɛksológija)study of sex and sexuality
Slovak sexuológia
- sexuológiastudy of sex and sexuality
Spanish sexología
- sexologíastudy of sex and sexuality
Swedish sexologi
- sexologistudy of sex and sexuality
Tagalog dalubsarian, seksolohiya
- dalubsarianstudy of sex and sexuality
- seksolohiyastudy of sex and sexuality
Thai เพศวิทยา
- เพศวิทยาstudy of sex and sexuality
Turkish cinsellik bilimi, seksoloji
- cinsellik bilimistudy of sex and sexuality
- seksolojistudy of sex and sexuality
Ukrainian сексологія
- сексологія (seksolohija)study of sex and sexuality
Urdu جنسیات
- جنسیاتstudy of sex and sexuality
Vietnamese tình dục học
- tình dục họcstudy of sex and sexuality
Welsh rhywoleg
- rhywolegstudy of sex and sexuality
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sexology
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
sexology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexology
MLA
“sexology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexology. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sexology,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexology.
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