Fromother +sex, modelled aftersame-sex.
other-sex (notcomparable)
- Of or pertaining to attraction to the opposite sex;heterosexual.
2009, Harry T. Reis, Susan Sprecher,Encyclopedia of Human Relationships:A rating of 0 represents exclusiveother-sex (i.e., heterosexual) attractions, a rating of 6 represents exclusive same-sex (i.e., homosexual) attractions, and a rating of 3 represents equal degrees of same-sex andother-sex attractions.