different between biological vs pansexuality

English

Etymology

biology +? -ical

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ba??(?)?l?d??k?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ba???l?d??k?l/

Adjective

biological (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to biology.
2. Related by consanguinity, especially as to parents and children.
3. (proscribed, an error in non-native speakers' English) Organic (grown without agrochemicals).
   • 2013, J. Hemmelskamp, K. Rennings, and F. Leone (eds.), Innovation-Oriented Environmental Regulation: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Analysis, p. 49:

     The market for cosmetics with natural ingredients in which the body shop is so successful is still a small one, as is the market for biological food products (1 per cent in the Netherlands).

Noun

biological (plural biologicals)

1. (rare) A biological product.
   • 1917, Lilly, Eli & Company, Indianapolis, A.B.C. Course on Biologicals, page 5

     This elementary treatise on biologicals was designed primarily for the instruction of Lilly salesmen to enable them to handle the biological line intelligently.

Synonyms

• biologic

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See also

• adoptive
• biological clock
• biological father
• biological mother
• birth mother

English

Etymology

From pansexual +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?pæns?k?u?æl?ti/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pæns?ksju?æl?ti/

Noun

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.
2. Sexuality that encompasses all kinds of sexuality.

Synonyms

• omnisexuality

Related terms

• pansexual

Coordinate terms

• (sexual orientations) sexual orientation; asexual (-ity, ace), bisexual (-ity, bi), demisexual (-ity, demi), graysexual (-ity), heterosexual (-ity, straight), homosexual (-ity, gay, lesbian), omnisexual (-ity), pansexual (-ity, pan), plurisexual (-ity), polysexual (-ity), robosexual (-ity), sapiosexual (-ity), androsexual (-ity), gynesexual (-ity) ^{(Category: en:Sexual orientations)}

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