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sexualist rare.|ˈsɛksjuːəlɪst|
[ad. mod.L. sexuālista (Linnæus 1735), f. sexuāl-is: see sexual a. + -ist.]
a. One who attributes sexuality to certain organisms.
b. An adherent of the ‘sexual system’ of botanical classification.
1790W. Smellie Philos. Nat. Hist. I. 246 Here, then, the analogy stops; and, instead of bringing aid to the sexualist, operates powerfully against his favourite hypothesis. 1839Lindley Introd. Bot. i. iii. 261 It was difficult for sexualists to believe that plants of so large a size were destitute of such organs [of fecundation]. |