Dictionary

acespec en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈeɪsˌspɛk/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From ace (“asexual”) + spec (“spectrum”).

Meanings

1. (neologism) Belonging or related to the asexual spectrum.
   • While there can still be a tendency for allosexual characters in YA science fiction to perform conscious and unconscious microaggressions against ace, acespec, aro and arospec characters, some recent novels manage to challenge the aphobic presumption of compulsory sexuality, and to ultimately create and sustain asexual-inclusive speculative worlds. 2021, Patricia Kennon, "Asexuality and the Potential of Young Adult Literature for Disrupting Allonormativity", International Journal of Young Adult Literature, Volume 2, Issue 1 (link)
   • Be open to ALL acespec folx! No matter what other identities intersect with their acespec identity and no matter how they behave in whatever types of relationships they may have. 2020, Will, quoted in "Questions Of The Month", AVENues Newsletter, July-September 2020, page 23
   • For the show to completely and utterly ignore this is huge since there are very few representations of aro and ace-spec people in media of any kind. 2017 October 26, Melissa Reph, “You might not like hearing this, but I don't like 'Riverdale'”, in The Muhlenberg Weekly, Muhlenberg College, page 3:

Forms

Hypernyms

a-spec