sexualogyn.
/ˌsɛkʃʊˈalədʒi/, /ˌsɛksjʊˈalədʒi/, U.S. /ˌsɛkʃəˈwɑlədʒi/, /ˌsɛkʃəˈwælədʒi/ rare (now chiefly historical).
A branch of scientific study concerned with the relationship and differences between the sexes. Cf. sexology n.
ΚΠ
1885 K. Pearson in Ethic of Freethought (1888) xiii. 371 Not until we have ample statistics..will it be possible to lay the foundations of a real science of sexualogy.
1919 W. M. Gallichan Textbk. Sex Educ. i. 8 The primary duty of legislators, ethical leaders, jurists, pedagogues and sociologists is to instruct themselves in the science of sexualogy.
1994 V. L. Bullough Sci. in Bedroom ii. 49 The British eugenicist Karl Pearson (1857-1936)..called for a new ‘science of sexualogy’ to emerge to help society decide what the status of women should be.
Derivatives
sexuaˈlogical adj. of or belonging to sexualogy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > [adjective] > study of sex
sexualogical1885
sexological1920
1885 K. Pearson in Ethic of Freethought (1888) xiii. 387 The whole question of Neo-Malthusianism is fraught with immense social and sexualogical difficulties.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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