Meanings
comparative more zedsexual · superlative most zedsexual
- neologismNot asexual; experiencing sexual attraction to others.
But what about people who don't feel completely asexual or zedsexual?
2016, Ashley Mardell, The ABC's of LGBT, unnumbered page2 more examples
Most significantly, it was a time before zedsexual people started (en masse) appropriating ace educational materials and mainstream ace discourse to perpetrate and/or justify anti-ace sexual coercion and rape […]
2015, "Omnes et Nihil", "Situating This Zine & The Ace Sex Wars", F-ace-ing Silence, Issue 3, June 2015, page 5Both asexual and zedsexual (non-asexual) people tend to experience different attractions on a spectrum of intensity, from none ever to all the attraction all the time, with many different nuanced levels in between.
2019, Jo Teut, "Integrating Asexuality: A is for Asexual in LGBTQIA+", New Directions for Community Colleges, Winter 2019, page 96Synonyms: allosexual, sexual · Antonyms: asexual
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot asexual; experiencing sexual attraction to others.
Origin
From zed + -sexual as a play on asexual, since the sexuality falls on the other side of the sexual spectrum from asexuality, as the letters "A" and "Z" are on opposite ends of the alphabet.
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Rhymes with zedsexual
Cite this entry
zedsexual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zedsexual
“zedsexual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zedsexual. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zedsexual,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zedsexual.
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