Demisexual vs Gay - What's the difference?
demisexual | gay |
(sexuality, of humans) Sexually attracted to people only after a strong emotional bond has been formed.
* 2010 , Sophie Gamwell, "
* 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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, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
from the word gay, "joyful"; rare today.
. Also a shortened form of Gabriel, Gaylord and similar names, or transferred from the surname.
* 1992 , Unto the Sons , Ballantine Books 1993, ISBN 0804110336, page 15
* 2004 , Bad Dirt , Fourth Estate, ISBN 0007196911, page 32
As nouns the difference between demisexual and gay
is that demisexual is a person who is demisexual while gay is nape.As an adjective demisexual
is (sexuality|of humans) sexually attracted to people only after a strong emotional bond has been formed.As a verb gay is
to crow.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)gay
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Proper noun
(en proper noun)- - - - my father's father, Gaetano Talese ( whose name I inherited after my birth in 1932, in the anglicized from of "Gay "), was an atypically fearless traveler,
- "Mr Gay Brawls. What a name."
- "It didn't use to mean what it means now. Plenty were named Gay'. Even in Nevada. Was old ' Gay Pitch had a gas station in Winnemucca. Nobody thought nothin about it and he raised a railroad car of kids.- - -