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sexology

[ sek-sol-uh-jee ]

noun

  1. the study of sexual behavior.


sexology

/ ˌsɛksəˈlɒdʒɪkəl; sɛkˈsɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. the study of sexual behaviour in human beings
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDZDz, noun
  • sexological, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ··Dz·· [sek-s, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], adjective
  • ·DZo· noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sexology1

First recorded in 1900–05; sex + -o- + -logy
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Example Sentences

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The article stated a day in history, May 6, 1933 — the exact day that the Hirschfeld's Institute of Sexology was broken into and then its library was eventually entirely removed and burned by the Nazis.

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Preciado said it was important to show his film in Berlin, the city that "opened up the horizon of sexology" by founding the Institute of Sexology nine years before Woolf's novel was published.

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At the outset of the pandemic, Dr. Emmanuele Jannini, a professor of endocrinology and medical sexology at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, reported a strong link between erectile dysfunction and COVID-19.

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She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in clinical sexology and couples counseling at the Instituto Superior de Estudios Psicológicos in Barcelona.

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But as the fields of psychology and sexology gained prominence at the turn of the 20th century, fears about homosexuality rose.

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