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monosexual, a.|mɒnəʊˈsɛksjuːəl|
[f. mono- + sexual a.]
Of one sex, or with the attribute of being either male or female; pertaining to one sex exclusively. (See also quot. 1970.)
1964Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. II. 209 Peripheral cells of the adult thallus undergo meiosis and give rise to attached haploid leafy appendages which are monosexual and produce anisogamous male and female gametes respectively. 1966Listener 23 June 918/3 A film whose monosexual character is emphasized by a sound-track which contains only three words..spoken by a female voice. 1969Sunday Times 31 Aug. 47/7 The {pstlg}1.8 million belonging to well over half the university's monosexual seats of collegiate learning. 1970Diogenes LXXII. 61 Mono-sexual, in need of no deep or lasting relation with a partner of the opposite sex. 1971Guardian 2 June 9/4 The Edwardian situation in which half the bachelor population were always off doing monosexual Empire-building.
So ˌmonosexuˈality, the property or state of being monosexual.
1910A. A. Brill tr. Freud's Three Contributions to Sexual Theory 7 The conception which we gather from this long known anatomical fact is the original predisposition to bisexuality, which in the course of development has changed to monosexuality, leaving slight remnants of the stunted sex. 1958B. Magee Go West Young Man ii. 43 Yale has female graduate students, but no female teachers or undergraduates. This monosexuality is Yale's biggest fault. 1970Diogenes LXXII. 61 In Roman times this monosexuality took the form of imperialistic sex. |