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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or involving a form of reproduction in which recombination of genes from different individuals occurs without meiosis and fertilization, as in some fungi.
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- adjective biology
Exhibiting parasexuality .
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Wedding guessedPippa MiddletonThe middle classes enjoyed a collective parasexual thrill this week as not only did Camilla turn up on The Archers to spread the word about Duchy Original shortbread and osteoporosis, but news of the first potential fissures in the royal wedding planning seeped out.
This Week: Nick Clegg, Larry the Downing Street cat, Pippa Middleton 2011
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Fetishise the right thingsThere is a parasexual thrill to be had out of most things if you warp people early enough in the right way.
How to have a thrifty Christmas Lucy Mangan 2010
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