monosexual
/ˌmän-ō-ˈseksh-(ə-)wəl/ (ame, mw)
monosexual — adjective
- monosexualpositive
- more monosexualcomparative
- most monosexualsuperlative
1. feeling romantic or sexual attraction to people of only one gender, in contrast
feeling romantic or sexual attraction to people of only one gender, in contrast with being bisexual or pansexual.
At the campus pride workshop, Jiwoo asked the students whether they identified as monosexual.
identify as monosexual — discourse framing
Roya argued that monosexual people sometimes assume bisexuality is just a phase.
monosexual + people — common adjective + noun pattern
Most of the survey respondents reported having a monosexual orientation, either straight or gay.
Standing at the whiteboard, Kabir grouped 'gay' and 'straight' together as monosexual identities.
Daniel rewrote the questionnaire after noticing its monosexual default left no room for bisexual answers.
- single-gender-attracted
descriptive paraphrase used in some clinical writing
- bisexual
attraction to two or more genders
- pansexual
attraction regardless of gender
- plurisexual
umbrella term covering attraction to multiple genders
文法句型
be + monosexual
用法筆記
Mainly used in sexology, gender studies, and LGBTQ+ community discussions; rarely heard in everyday speech. Usually contrasted explicitly with 'bisexual', 'pansexual', or 'plurisexual'.