• Insertive

    Origin

    en + -insert + ive

    Full definition of insertive

    Adjective

    insertive

    1. Of or relating to insertion, especially in regard to sexual acts.
      • 1997, Gary David Comstock & Susan E. Henking , Que(e)rying Religion: A Critical Anthology , The insertive partner or the receptive one?
      • 2002, Ann O'Leary , Beyond Condoms: Alternative Approaches to HIV Prevention , It is possible that a larger proportion of infections may be attributable to insertive anal intercourse at this time compared to earlier in the epidemic.
      • 2013, G. C. Harcourt & Peter Kriesler , The Oxford Handbook of Post-Keynesian Economics, Volume 1 , Insertive interdisciplinary applications are an important element in the development and longevity of a school of thought, a fact that PKE seems to have missed.
      • 2013, , Issues in Chemistry and General Chemical Research , The Ln-N s-bond insertive mechanism prevails for the examined intramolecular hydroamination of (4E,6)-heptadienylamine 1t by Cp*(2)La-CH(TMS)(2) starting material 2.

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