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Definition of Sex appeal

1. Noun. Attractiveness to the opposite sex.

Definition of Sex appeal

1. Noun. Sexual attractiveness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Literary usage of Sex appeal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1913)
"These appear to be the conditions of a supreme intellectual and sex appeal—and " Love casteth out Fear." Under such a stimulus must Beethoven have composed ..."

2. Comedians All by George Jean Nathan (1919)
"94 sex appeal.—The disappointingly small measure of popular success achieved by the woman who is agreed to be the best actress on the native stage, ..."

3. The Cost of Living (1913)
"Woman makes both a spiritual appeal and a sex appeal. The spiritual appeal is made through the expression of the face, while the sex appeal is augmented by ..."

4. Principles of the New Economics by Lionel Danforth Edie (1922)
"Advertising, for example, creates a demand for many lines of cosmetics, candies, silks, clothing, etc., by ingenuous forms of sex appeal. ..."

5. Principles of the New Economics by Lionel Danforth Edie (1922)
"Advertising, for example, creates a demand for many lines of cosmetics, candies, silks, clothing, etc., by ingenuous forms of sex appeal. ..."

6. Human Vitality and Efficiency Under Prolonged Restricted Diet by Francis Gano Benedict (1919)
"... tendency to erection; desire for and sex appeal at dance and occasions of association with women; sex appeal of shows, pictures, and books; ..."

7. America and the New Era: A Symposium on Social Reconstruction by Elisha Michael Friedman (1920)
"The sex appeal is an important means of securing attendance, ... As the sex appeal is one of the most effective devices to promote the spending of money, ..."

8. America and the New Era: A Symposium on Social Reconstruction by Elisha Michael Friedman (1920)
"The sex appeal is an important means of securing attendance, ... As the sex appeal is one of the most effective devices to promote the spending of money, ..."

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