Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sex-mystery

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables: sex-mys-tery
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A secret religious celebration involving sexual intercourse.

noun

Sex conceived of as a mystical or magical phenomenon.

noun

Lack of knowledge about sexuality and sexual behaviour resulting from a lack of sex education.

Example Sentences

"The ANSAIRETIC Logos is a collection of Sex Mysteries never before revealed outside the Secret Brotherhoods of the Orient, and they relate WHOLLY to the inner, higher, deeper, and recondite meanings of Sex."
"What more clear than that the conjunction of Tree and Serpent is the fulfilment in nature of that sex-mystery which is so potent in the life of man and the animals?"
"Women will be in a position to compete with man in every way. They will wear trousers. Rational birth control will free women for education, and quaint clothes and the sex mystery must go."
"Sex mystery has prevented progress. The policy of maintaining mystery and secrecy concerning sex has failed with adults even more sadly than with children."

Inflected Forms

sex-mysteries (plural)

Questions

What does sex-mystery mean?: A secret religious celebration involving sexual intercourse.

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