zedsexual

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === enPR: zĕd-sĕk′sho͞o-əl (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /zɛdˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/ (General American) IPA(key): /zɛdˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/ Rhymes: -ɛkʃuəl, -ɛkʃuːəl Hyphenation: zed‧sex‧ual === Adjective === zedsexual (comparative more zedsexual, superlative most zedsexual) (neologism) Not asexual; experiencing sexual attraction to others. Synonyms: allosexual, sexual Antonym: asexual 2015, "Omnes et Nihil", "Situating This Zine & The Ace Sex Wars", F-ace-ing Silence, Issue 3, June 2015, page 5: 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 […] 2019, Jo Teut, "Integrating Asexuality: A is for Asexual in LGBTQIA+", New Directions for Community Colleges, Winter 2019, page 96: Both 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. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:zedsexual. === References ===