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sex·u·al at·trac·tion

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  1. sexual attractionnoun

    attractiveness on the basis of sexual desire

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  1. sexual attraction

    Sexual attraction is a form of desire or interest that one person feels towards another, often rooted in their physical characteristics, personality traits, or behaviors. This attraction typically stimulates sexual thoughts, fantasies, or behaviors and may lead to the desire for sexual activity or relationship. It is influenced by various factors including biology, psychology, and socio-cultural aspects. Sexual attraction can be experienced by individuals of any gender or sexual orientation and toward individuals of the same, opposite, or any gender.

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  1. Sexual attraction

    Sexual attraction is attraction on the basis of sexual desire or the quality of arousing such interest. Sexual attractiveness or sex appeal refers to an individual's ability to attract the sexual or erotic interest of another person, and is a factor in sexual selection or mate choice. The attraction can be to the physical or other qualities or traits of a person, or to such qualities in the context in which they appear. The attraction may be to a person's looks or movements or to their voice or smell, besides other factors. The attraction may be enhanced by a person's adornments, clothing, perfume, hair length and style, and anything else which can attract the sexual interest of another person. It can also be influenced by individual genetic, psychological, or cultural factors, or to other, more amorphous qualities of the person. Sexual attraction is also a response to another person that depends on a combination of the person possessing the traits and also on the criteria of the person who is attracted. Though attempts have been made to devise objective criteria of sexual attractiveness, and measure it as one of several bodily forms of capital asset, a person's sexual attractiveness is to a large extent a subjective measure dependent on another person's interest, perception, and sexual orientation. For example, a gay or lesbian person would typically find a person of the same sex to be more attractive than one of the other sex. A bisexual person would find either sex to be attractive. Asexuality refers to those who do not experience sexual attraction for either sex, though they may have romantic attraction. Interpersonal attraction includes factors such as physical or psychological similarity, familiarity, similarity, complementarity, reciprocal liking, and reinforcement.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sexual attraction in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sexual attraction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of sexual attraction in a Sentence

  1. Tim Douthit:

    It was solely that he was worried that his son was gay, or might become gay, there was no evidence he had a sexual attraction to his son or children.


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