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sexual

/ˈsekʃuəl/adjective

उच्चारण सेक्शुअल

यौन, लैंगिक

Core word

adjective
  1. 1

    [usually before noun]

    connected with the physical activity of sex

    यौन, लैंगिक

    • sexual harassment at the workplace
    • Laws against sexual violence have been made stricter.
  2. 2

    [usually before noun]

    connected with the process of producing young

    लैंगिक (प्रजनन से संबंधित)

    • sexual reproduction in plants
    • Plants can use sexual or asexual methods of reproduction.

    Opposite asexual

  3. 3

    [usually before noun]

    connected with the state of being male or female

    लिंग-संबंधी

    • sexual equality
    • sexual discrimination
◇Word family
sex nounsexually adverbsexuality noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Antonyms

asexual

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General knowledge

In biology, sexual reproduction involves two parents, while asexual reproduction, as in budding and binary fission, involves only one.

Biology के अनुसार sexual reproduction में दो जनक होते हैं, जबकि asexual reproduction में, जैसे budding और binary fission में, केवल एक जनक होता है।