Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having no sex; sexless; asexual.
- Done by or characteristic of sexless animals: as, the non-sexual conjugation of protozoans.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having no distinction of sex; sexless; neuter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
sexual ; unconcerned withsex orsexuality .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not having or involving sex
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Examples
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Men were advised to redirect their sexual energies into work, and women were told that females were naturally nonsexual and that “good” women were pure and chaste.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Similarly, WAC officers attempted to channel lesbian tendencies into nonsexual obedience to superiors.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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In a perfect world, then, would tickling and wrestling be more incorporated into society, teaching us more ways to make physical contact that are nonsexual?
Archive 2009-04-01 Heather McDougal 2009
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Jerry Brown last month signed into law a plan to move people convicted of crimes deemed "non-serious, nonviolent and nonsexual" to county jails with some of the costs paid by the state.
Prison Ruling Rattles California Budget Vauhini Vara 2011
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In a perfect world, then, would tickling and wrestling be more incorporated into society, teaching us more ways to make physical contact that are nonsexual?
Tickle, tickle (part 2) Heather McDougal 2009
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Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 109, which would move people convicted of crimes deemed "non-serious, nonviolent and nonsexual" to county jails with some of the costs paid by the state—a plan known as "realignment."
California Moves to Cut Inmate Population After Ruling Vauhini Vara 2011
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Massa gave contradictory explanations for his behavior, acknowledging he groped and tickled a staffer in a nonsexual way and wrestled with others at his 50th birthday party, but then denying any groping occurred.
Chris Lee Shirtless Photo Controversy Prompt Congressman To Resign AP/The Huffington Post 2011
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The scholarly Arden footnotes both the sexual and nonsexual readings of the line, although its explanation of the latter — that she wants somebody else's beard on her chin — seems reminiscent of the puritanical bowdlerizing of editions past.
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Massa gave contradictory explanations for his behavior, acknowledging he groped and tickled a staffer in a nonsexual way and wrestled with others at his 50th birthday party, but then denying any groping occurred.
Chris Lee Shirtless Photo Controversy Prompt Congressman To Resign AP/The Huffington Post 2011
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The scholarly Arden footnotes both the sexual and nonsexual readings of the line, although its explanation of the latter — that she wants somebody else's beard on her chin — seems reminiscent of the puritanical bowdlerizing of editions past.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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