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sexual
sexual S3 W2 AC /ˈsekʃuəl/ adjective1. relating to the physical activity of sex:
    a disease passed on by sexual contact
    allegations of sexual abuse
    her first sexual experience
    Many elderly people continue to have satisfying sexual relationships.
2. relating to the social relationships between men and women, especially the differences between men and women:
    sexual stereotypes
—sexually adverb:
    young people who are sexually active (=who regularly have sex)
    I no longer found her sexually attractive.
    She had been sexually assaulted.