pansexuality

From pansexual +‎ -ity.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpæn.sɛk.ʃuˈæl.ɪ.ti/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpæn.sɛk.sjuˈæl.ɪ.ti/

pansexuality (usually uncountable, plural pansexualities)

1. A sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people regardless of their gender or sex.
   • 1976 June 7, Nik Cohn, “Inside the Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night”, in New York Magazine‎^[1]:

     They know nothing of flower power or meditation, pansexuality, or mind expansion.

2. (rare) Sexuality that encompasses all kinds of sexuality.
   • 1999, “Jennifer A Dobrac”, in The Oncale Opinion: A Pansexual Response, 30 MCGEORGE L. REV. 1269‎^[2], page 2:

     Pansexuality encompasses all kinds of sexuality. It differs, however, from pansexualism, a perspective that declares “all desire and interest are derived from the sex instinct.” Pansexuality includes heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, and sexual behavior that does not necessarily involve a coupling. It includes, for example, masturbation, celibacy, fetishism, and fantasy. Moreover, pansexuality includes heteroerotic and homoerotic play and sexual aggression, sometimes mislabeled as “horseplay.”

• omnisexuality

• pansexual