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pansexual

pan·se·xual

US/pænˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/ uncommon

noun

1.

a person who participates in (or is open to) sexual activities of many kinds

Origin

From pan- + -sexual. First attested in 1926 (with pansexualism attested since 1917), as a descriptor of the psychological theory that all human activity is based on sexuality. Used to describe a sexual orientation since at least the 1970s.

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