monosexual
/ˌmän-ō-ˈseksh-(ə-)wəl/ (ame, mw)
monosexual — 形容詞
- monosexualpositive
- more monosexualcomparative
- most monosexualsuperlative
1. feeling romantic or sexual attraction to people of only one gender, in contrast
單性戀的
只受單一性別吸引的
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.
在校園驕傲工作坊上，Jiwoo 詢問學生他們是否認為自己是單性戀者。
identify as monosexual — discourse framing
Roya argued that monosexual people sometimes assume bisexuality is just a phase.
Roya 認為單性戀的人有時會把雙性戀當成只是過渡階段。
monosexual + people — common adjective + noun pattern
Most of the survey respondents reported having a monosexual orientation, either straight or gay.
大多數受訪者表示自己的性傾向是單性戀，不是異性戀就是同性戀。
Standing at the whiteboard, Kabir grouped 'gay' and 'straight' together as monosexual identities.
Kabir 站在白板前，把「同志」和「異性戀」一起歸類為單性戀身份。
Daniel rewrote the questionnaire after noticing its monosexual default left no room for bisexual answers.
Daniel 注意到問卷預設了單性戀框架，沒留位置給雙性戀的答案，於是重新改寫了問卷。
- 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'.