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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The quality of being sexual, especially sexual orientation and behavior.
  • noun A manner of being sexual or engaging in sexual activity.
  • noun Sexual activity.
  • noun The condition of being divided into sexes or of reproducing sexually.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The character of sex; the state of being sexual or sexed or having sex; the distinction between the sexes; sex in the abstract.
  • noun Recognition of sexual relations.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being distinguished by sex.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun that which is characterized or distinguished by sex
  • noun sexual activity
  • noun the concern with, or interest in sexual activity
  • noun sexual potency
  • noun sexual orientation
  • noun sexual identity, gender
  • noun sexual receptivity

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles

Etymologies

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sexual +‎ -ity

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