monosexualadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈsɛkʃʊəl/,

/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈsɛkʃ(ᵿ)l/,

/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈsɛksjʊ(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˌmɑnəˈsɛkʃ(əw)əl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mono- comb. form, sexual adj.

Etymology: < mono- comb. form + sexual adj. Compare earlier bisexual adj., unisexual adj. O.E.D. Suppl. (1976) gives only the pronunciation (mǫnose·ksiuăl) /mɒnəʊˈsɛksjuːəl/.

A. adj.

1. Composed of individuals all of the same sex; suited to or involving one sex only.

ΚΠ

1893 Philos. Rev. 2 486 Such a life has existed among men only in communities practically monosexual.

1944 L. Mumford Condition of Man i. 36 Woman displaced the monosexual society of the camp, the gymnasium, the stadium.

1966 Listener 23 June 918/3 A film whose monosexual character is emphasized by a sound-track which contains only three words..spoken by a female voice.

1981 Arch. Sexual Behavior 10 79 The hypothesis that adult male and female olive baboons are similar in their behavioral response to..the formation of monosexual social groups.

2000 Time 21 Feb. 62/2 Obviously women, with their built-in baby incubators, will have the advantage in a monosexual future.

2. Zoology. Having the male and female reproductive organs in different individuals; dioecious; producing only one kind of gamete (male or female), not hermaphroditic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > [adjective] > restricted to or having characteristics of one sex only

sexual1815

unisexual1873

monosexual1904

sex-limited1910

unisex1917

sex-linked1932

1904 J. Mc Cabe tr. E. Haeckel Wonders of Life 255 When the ovum and the sperm-cell..are formed in two different individuals (male and female), we call them monosexual [Ger. eingeschlechtig], or gonochorists.

1964 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 2 209 Peripheral cells of the adult thallus undergo meiosis and give rise to attached haploid leafy appendages which are monosexual and produce anisogamous male and female gametes respectively.

1975 Trop. & Geogr. Med. 27 169 The distribution of the sexes in the worm-population revealed no monosexual or bisexual prevalence of the hookworms.

1985 Canad. Jrnl. Zool. 63 2378 Pratylenchus sensillatus, a new monosexual species of root-lesion nematode in Canada is described.

1996 Hydrobiologia 335 147 All populations of T. cancriformis in Israel were monosexual female.

3. Sexually attracted to members of one sex exclusively; not bisexual.

ΚΠ

1922 J. S. Van Teslaar tr. W. Stekel Bi-sexual Love i. 27 All persons are bisexual. But persons repress either the homosexual or heterosexual components..and consequently act as if they were monosexual.

1988 J. Money Gay, Straight, & In-between i. 11 No one..prefers to be homosexual instead of heterosexual. Likewise, no one prefers to be bisexual instead of monosexual.

B. n.

A person who is sexually attracted to members of one sex exclusively. Cf. sense A. 3.

ΚΠ

1968 G. Vidal Myra Breckinridge xxiii. 102 Letitia, I fear, is a monosexual. Only men arouse her.

1995 M. Garber Vice Versa i. i. 38 Monosexuals, straight and gay, have practiced enthusiastic nonmonogamy for centuries.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monosexual
释义	monosexualadj.n. Brit. /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈsɛkʃʊəl/, /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈsɛkʃ(ᵿ)l/, /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈsɛksjʊ(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈsɛkʃ(əw)əl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mono- comb. form, sexual adj. Etymology: < mono- comb. form + sexual adj. Compare earlier bisexual adj., unisexual adj. O.E.D. Suppl. (1976) gives only the pronunciation (mǫnose·ksiuăl) /mɒnəʊˈsɛksjuːəl/. A. adj. 1. Composed of individuals all of the same sex; suited to or involving one sex only. ΚΠ 1893 Philos. Rev. 2 486 Such a life has existed among men only in communities practically monosexual. 1944 L. Mumford Condition of Man i. 36 Woman displaced the monosexual society of the camp, the gymnasium, the stadium. 1966 Listener 23 June 918/3 A film whose monosexual character is emphasized by a sound-track which contains only three words..spoken by a female voice. 1981 Arch. Sexual Behavior 10 79 The hypothesis that adult male and female olive baboons are similar in their behavioral response to..the formation of monosexual social groups. 2000 Time 21 Feb. 62/2 Obviously women, with their built-in baby incubators, will have the advantage in a monosexual future. 2. Zoology. Having the male and female reproductive organs in different individuals; dioecious; producing only one kind of gamete (male or female), not hermaphroditic. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > [adjective] > restricted to or having characteristics of one sex only sexual1815 unisexual1873 monosexual1904 sex-limited1910 unisex1917 sex-linked1932 1904 J. Mc Cabe tr. E. Haeckel Wonders of Life 255 When the ovum and the sperm-cell..are formed in two different individuals (male and female), we call them monosexual [Ger. eingeschlechtig], or gonochorists. 1964 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 2 209 Peripheral cells of the adult thallus undergo meiosis and give rise to attached haploid leafy appendages which are monosexual and produce anisogamous male and female gametes respectively. 1975 Trop. & Geogr. Med. 27 169 The distribution of the sexes in the worm-population revealed no monosexual or bisexual prevalence of the hookworms. 1985 Canad. Jrnl. Zool. 63 2378 Pratylenchus sensillatus, a new monosexual species of root-lesion nematode in Canada is described. 1996 Hydrobiologia 335 147 All populations of T. cancriformis in Israel were monosexual female. 3. Sexually attracted to members of one sex exclusively; not bisexual. ΚΠ 1922 J. S. Van Teslaar tr. W. Stekel Bi-sexual Love i. 27 All persons are bisexual. But persons repress either the homosexual or heterosexual components..and consequently act as if they were monosexual. 1988 J. Money Gay, Straight, & In-between i. 11 No one..prefers to be homosexual instead of heterosexual. Likewise, no one prefers to be bisexual instead of monosexual. B. n. A person who is sexually attracted to members of one sex exclusively. Cf. sense A. 3. ΚΠ 1968 G. Vidal Myra Breckinridge xxiii. 102 Letitia, I fear, is a monosexual. Only men arouse her. 1995 M. Garber Vice Versa i. i. 38 Monosexuals, straight and gay, have practiced enthusiastic nonmonogamy for centuries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1893
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