pansexual

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /pænˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/ === Adjective === pansexual (not comparable) Sexually attracted to people regardless of gender or sex. 1970–1972 (printed in compiled form in 1973), Ramparts, page 25: Karen and Carlos are definitely pansexual people who have paired off to have this child, and this seems real and good to them now. When I had been with Karen, she had floated through several gay relationships, […] all my friends had been what I would call pansexual, avoiding the older term bisexual, which is meaningless when you can count more than two sexes. Sexually attracted to everyone. Welcoming people of all sexual orientations. (psychology) Pertaining to the psychological theory of pansexualism. ==== Alternative forms ==== pan-sexual ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === pansexual (plural pansexuals) Someone who is attracted to all types of people regardless of gender or sex. ==== Usage notes ==== Some people prefer this term to bisexual because of its acknowledgement of more than two genders. Some other people dislike this term, either because they feel there are only two genders or they feel bisexual includes more than two genders, or they dislike the polysemy of pansexual. Similar arguments are made about the less common term omnisexual. ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References === == Catalan == === Etymology === From pan- +‎ sexual. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˌpan.sək.suˈal] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˌpan.sek.suˈal] === Adjective === pansexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural pansexuals) pansexual === Noun === pansexual m or f by sense (plural pansexuals) pansexual ==== Related terms ==== pansexualitat == Portuguese == === Etymology === From pan- +‎ sexual. Compare English pansexual. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: pan‧se‧xu‧al === Adjective === pansexual m or f (plural pansexuais) pansexual (sexually attracted to people regardless of gender) pertaining to all aspects of sexuality ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === pansexual m or f by sense (plural pansexuais) pansexual (a pansexual person) === Further reading === “pansexual”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “pansexual”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “pansexual”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “pansexual”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English pansexual. Equivalent to pan- +‎ sexual. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌpan.sek.suˈal/ === Adjective === pansexual m or n (feminine singular pansexuală, masculine plural pansexuali, feminine/neuter plural pansexuale) pansexual ==== Declension ==== === Noun === pansexual m (plural pansexuali) pansexual ==== Declension ==== === Related terms === pansexualitate == Spanish == === Etymology === From pan- +‎ sexual. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /panseɡˈswal/ [pãn.seɣ̞ˈswal] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: pan‧se‧xual === Adjective === pansexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural pansexuales) pansexual ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === pansexual m or f by sense (plural pansexuales) pansexual === Further reading === “pansexual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025