Demisexual vs Sensual - What's the difference?
demisexual | sensual |
(sexuality, of humans) Sexually attracted to people only after a strong emotional bond has been formed.
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* 2013 , Tracey Hickey, "
* 2013 , C. J. Bishop, "
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A person who is demisexual.
* 2011 , Mark Carrigan, "
* 2011 , Holly Combs, "
* 2013 , Whitney Cyr, "
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Inducing pleasurable and/or erotic sensations.
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory.
As adjectives the difference between demisexual and sensual
is that demisexual is (sexuality|of humans) sexually attracted to people only after a strong emotional bond has been formed while sensual is inducing pleasurable and/or erotic sensations.As a noun demisexual
is a person who is demisexual.demisexual
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Adjective
(en adjective)Asexuality", BoLT , Issue 1, April 2010, page 14:
- Some people may identify as asexual for a period and then decide that they are in fact demisexual , or even sexual.
Asexuality should be recognized as a legitimate sexual orientation", The Pitt News (University of Pittsburgh), 14 February 2013:
- Some think of themselves as demisexual , only able to feel attraction when a very strong emotional bond already exists.
A mystery wrapped in an enigma – asexuality: a virtual discussion", Psychology & Sexuality , Volume 4, Issue 2, March 2013, page 205 (quoting A. C. Hinderliter):
- In asexual / ace communities in the past few years, there has been an enormous increase in prominence of people identifying as gray-A and as demisexual , with ‘ace’ now sometimes being used as an umbrella term.
Synonyms
* (l) (colloquial)Noun
(en noun)There’s more to life than sex? Difference and commonality within the asexual community", Sexualities , Volume 14, Number 4, August 2011, page 470:
- Demisexuals experience sexual attraction as a consequence of romantic attraction but not independently of it.
Labeling sexuality is not simple", The Maroon (Loyola University New Orleans), Volume 90, Number 10, 11 November 2011, page 6:
- Demisexuals' experience sexual desire only toward people with whom they already have a strong emotional bond. Like an asexual, a '''demisexual''' would not see an attractive woman and immediately desire sex, unless, of course, that attractive woman happened to be in a serious emotional relationship with the ' demisexual .
Students ‘come out’ and inspire with stories", The Equinox (Keene State College), 24 April 2013:
- Rines identified himself as a demisexual , meaning that he is only sexually attracted to a person once a strong emotional attachment has been formed.
Synonyms
* (l) (colloquial)sensual
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Alternative forms
* sensuall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- That massage was a very sensual experience!
- Plato believed that this sensual world in which we live is inferior to the heavenly realm.
