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NONSEXUAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonsexual mean?
• NONSEXUAL (adjective)
The adjective NONSEXUAL has 1 sense:
1. not having or involving sex
Familiarity information: NONSEXUAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not having or involving sex
Synonyms:
asexual; nonsexual
Context example:
asexual reproduction
Similar:
agamic; agamogenetic; agamous; apomictic; parthenogenetic ((of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction)
fissiparous (reproducing by fission)
neuter; sexless (having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs)
vegetal; vegetative ((of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes)
Attribute:
gender; sex; sexuality (the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles)
Context examples
A way of contracting a disease through everyday interactions (nonsexual) with an infected person.
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