allosexual

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allosexual

/ˌæloʊˈsɛkʃuəl/

Where it comes from

From allo- (“other”) + sexual. "Directed at or involving another rather than one's self" and "involving the other sex; heterosexual" are the most etymologically literal senses (regarding the latter sense, compare the structure of heterosexual), structural and semantic opposites of autosexual and isosexual. The sense "non-heterosexual" was influenced by (and had influence on) Canadian French allosexuel.

adjective

of a person Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual. Gray-asexual [denotes] a person who is somewhere between 100% asexual and allosexual; they might only experience sexual attraction on very rare occasions, […]
Similar: allo, zedsexual, sexual · Opposite: asexual, ace
Canada, uncommon LGB; queer; non-heterosexual. Yet we later learn that Diana Baring already knew the secret — whether being “half—caste" references being lower-caste with “black blood” (more than a racial marker) or being transsexual, homosexual, or allosexual.
Opposite: heterosexual
of sexual desire or activity Directed toward or involving another person rather than (only) oneself. Allosexual behavior peaked during the follicular phase for both heterosexual women and lesbians.
Opposite: autosexual
Involving or directed at the other biological sex; heterosexual; not isosexual. Dr. Conigliaro contended that the sharing of the same bedroom by a single parent and child of the opposite sex "could contribute to, or cause, an excessive degree of ‘allosexual identifications’, [where a child identifies with the parent of the opposite sex] […]"
Similar: other-sexual · Opposite: isosexual, homosexual

noun allosexuals

One who experiences sexual attraction; one who is not asexual. […] that is par for the course of being any form of queer-identified. But it also allows allies and allosexuals (persons who experience sexual attraction) to push out asexual and aromantic-identified individuals.
Similar: allo, sexual

Opposite: asexual

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noun

Opposite: asexual

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noun Person who is not asexual

Español	alosexual
Português	alossexual
Français	allosexuel
Deutsch	allosexuell

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@misc{allosexual_2026,
  title = {allosexual},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/allosexual},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}