sapiosexuality

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26
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28
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14

Definition of sapiosexuality

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)The state of being sexually attracted to intelligence or the human mind.
    “So a self-confessed culture vulture is a member of communities on authors, sudoku, films, chocolates and sapiosexuality (sapiosexuals are people who are apparently turned on by intelligence).”
    “I went to friend and psychologist Alejandro Spicker — who's both attractive and smart — and asked him what he thought of sapiosexuality.”
    “Sapiosexuality is getting aroused not by the physical appearance of a person, but through his or her intelligence.”

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Etymology

From Latin sapiens (“wise, judicious”) + sexuality or sapiosexual + -ity. Purportedly coined in 1998.

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