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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 sexplay

  Familiarity information: NONSEXUAL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NONSEXUAL (adjective)


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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