Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sexologist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: sex-ol-o-gist
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality.

Example Sentences

"Daniel Bergner, age 48, the divorced father of two teenage children, is what sexologists would call a straight, vanilla teleiophile."
"Then there's US sexologist Ray Blanchard, best known for his ... well, problematic concept of autogynyphelia: the idea that trans women are actually men who feel attracted to their female-selves."

Etymology

Etymology tree English sex Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English -logist English -ologist English sexologist From sex + -ologist.

Inflected Forms

sexologists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

sexology

Rhymes With

psychologist anthropologist pathologist neurologist cardiologist technologist entomologist deep ecologist ornithologist virologist climatologist seismologist

Questions

What does sexologist mean?: Someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality.
Where does sexologist come from?: Etymology tree English sex Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English -logist English -ologist English sexologist From sex + -ologist.

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