pseudosexual
/ˌs(j)uːdə(ʊ)ˈsɛkʃʊəl/adjective
1Of or relating to pseudosex; specifically relating to or designating activity regarded as a substitute for or displacement of actual or ‘normal’ sexual behaviour and sometimes having non-sexual motivation (as the fear of aggression, desire for dominance, etc.).
2 Biology. Designating or relating to a process or phenomenon which resembles, but is distinct from, one involved in sexual reproduction; especially designating or relating to the parthogenetic production by certain crustaceans of eggs resembling those of the sexual phase.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Mind. From pseudo- + sexual.
- raise one's eyebrows
- raise one's eyebrows (or an eyebrow)
- raise one's glass
- raise one's hand
- raise one's hat
- raise one's (or the) standard
- raise (or lower) one's sights
- raiser
- raiser-up
- raise the devil
- raise the roof
- raisin
- raisin bran
- raising agent
- raising bee
- raising cloth
- raising gig
- raising hammer
- raising-piece
- raising plate
- raisin juice
- raisin tree
- raisin vine
- raisiny
- raison d'état