1. The belief or theory that sexual desire or sexual instinct is the primary motivating force in human behavior and psychology.
Usage: psychology, philosophy; associated with early psychoanalytic theory
2. Sexual attraction to or interest in people of any gender or sex; the practice or advocacy of pansexuality.
Usage: contemporary usage; LGBTQ+ contexts

Examples

• Early critics of Freud argued that his emphasis on the unconscious mind amounted to a form of pansexualism.
• Some psychologists rejected pansexualism as an overextension of sexual theory to all human motivation.
• Pansexualism, as a modern identity concept, emphasizes attraction regardless of gender.
• The activist spoke about pansexualism as part of the broader spectrum of sexual orientations.
• Pansexualism challenges traditional binary categories of sexual attraction.