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sexology

sexology

English

Noun

sexology ‎(countable and uncountable, plural sexologies)

The study of sex and sexuality, usually from a psychological or clinical perspective.

Synonyms

sexual psychology

Derived terms

Translations

The study of sex and sexuality

Arabic: طِبّ جِنْسِيّ m ‎(ṭibb jinsiyy)
Bengali: যৌনবিদ্যা ‎(yaunbidyā)
Catalan: sexologia f
Chinese:

Cantonese: 性學, 性学 ‎(sing³ hok⁶)

Mandarin: 性學 (zh), 性学 (zh) ‎(xìngxué)
Czech: sexuologie (cs) f
Danish: sexologi c
Dutch: seksuologie (nl) f
Finnish: seksologia (fi), sukupuolioppi, seksologia (fi)
French: sexologie (fr) f
Galician: sexoloxía f
German: Sexualwissenschaft (de) f
Greek: σεξολογία (el) ‎(sexología)
Hebrew: סקסולוגיה (he) f
Italian: sessuologia (it) f
Japanese: 性科学 ‎(せいかがく, seikagaku)
Khmer: ភេទវិទ្យា ‎(phet vi tyea)

Lithuanian: seksologija f
Norwegian: sexologi m
Polish: seksuologia (pl) f
Portuguese: sexologia (pt) f
Romanian: sexologie (ro) f
Russian: сексоло́гия (ru) f ‎(sɛksológija)
Serbo-Croatian: seksologija (sh) f
Spanish: sexología f
Swedish: sexologi c
Tagalog: dalubsarian
Thai: เพศศาสตร์ (pêt sàat)
Turkish: cinsellik bilimi (tr), seksoloji (tr)
Vietnamese: tình dục học
Welsh: rhywoleg