sexuální

Sexuální is a Czech adjective meaning related to sex, sexuality, or sexual activity. It is used across medical, educational, legal, and social contexts to describe phenomena pertaining to human sexuality, sexual health, or sexual behavior.

The term forms part of numerous compound nouns and phrases, such as sexuální aktivita (sexual activity), sexuální orientace (sexual orientation), sexuální zdraví (sexual health), sexuální výchova (sex education), sexuální zneužívání (sexual abuse), and sexuální identita (sexual identity).

Historically, the word is derived from the Latin sexus via Czech morphology, with the productive suffix -ální to form an adjective. In Czech, there is a rough semantic distinction between sexuální and pohlavní: sexuální relates to sexuality and sexual life, while pohlavní typically refers to biological sex or gender.

Usage guidelines: in scientific and formal writing, sexuální is standard and neutral. In everyday speech, it can introduce topics that may be sensitive; context matters for neutrality. The term also appears in fields such as medicine, psychology, sociology, education, and law, where it often combines with nouns to denote aspects of sexuality and its social dimensions.

Related terms include sexual health, sexuality, sexual orientation, sex education, sexual behavior, and gender studies.