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asexuality en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌeɪ.sɛk.ʃuˈæ.lə.ti/ (US)
  • /ˌeɪ.sɛk.sjuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/ (UK)
  • /ˌeɪ.sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/ (UK)

Etymology

From a- (“lacking, without”) + sexuality, equivalent to asexual + -ity.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The state or quality of being asexual: ▸ The quality of experiencing little or no sexual attraction.
  2. (uncountable, usually) The state or quality of being asexual: ▸ The quality of lacking a sex or sexual organs.
    • The same holds for Vincentius Victor in his discussion of the asexuality of the corporeal form of the soul. In Lactantius, who emphasizes the uncertainty concerning the sex of the phoenix, and in Zeno of Verona, who says that the phoenix is for itself both sexes, the background is again formed by the inferred asexuality of the phoenix. 1971?, Roelof van den Broek, The Myth of the Phoenix, page 421
  3. (uncountable, usually) The state or quality of being asexual: ▸ The quality (of a species or organism) of reproducing asexually.
    • The asexuality of insects is, in almost all cases, known to be a derived condition. That is, their evolution was contingent on the sexuality of their ancestral forms. 2003, Gimme Hugh Walter, Insect Pest Management and Ecological Research, page 166
    • While interpreted as supporting the asexuality of bdelloids, … 2009, Chapter 13 of Lost Sex: The Evolutionary Biology of Parthenogenesis, Isa Schön, Koen Martens, Peter van Dijk (editors), page 263

Forms

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asexualities Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

allosexuality

Deriveds

gray asexuality

Hyponyms

graysexuality

Synonyms

anaphrodisia

Translations (51)

id aseksualitas (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · fi aseksuaalisuus (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · de Asexualität (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · lo ໄຮ້ເພດ (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · gu અલિંગતા (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · nl aseksualiteit (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · eu asexualtasun (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · vi vô tính (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · hi अलैंगिकता (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · is ókynhneigð (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · eo neseksemo (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · ar لَاجِنْسِيَّة (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · pl aseksualność (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · bg асексуа́лност (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · mt asesswalità (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · it asessualità (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · ja 非性愛 (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · el ασεξουαλικότητα (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · ko 무성애 (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · uz aseksuallik (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · mr अलिंगता (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · pl aseksualizm (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · cs asexualita (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · ta அபாலீர்ப்பு (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · cmn 無性向 /无性向 (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · fr asexualité (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · ro asexualitate (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · ru асексуа́льность (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · es asexualidad (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · da aseksualitet (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · pt assexualidade (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · kk асексуалдылық (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · et aseksuaalsus (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · uk асексуальні́сть (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · pl bezpłciowość (the quality of a species or organism of reproducing asexually) · ka ასექსუალობა (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · sq aseksualitet (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · ca asexualitat (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · sh aseksualnost (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · tl aseksuwalidad (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · tr aseksüellik (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · cy anrhywioldeb (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · cmn 無性戀 /无性恋 (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · lv aseksualitāte (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · hu aszexualitás (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · sh асексуалност (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · sk asexualita (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · sv asexualitet (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · az aseksualizm (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · fa بیجنسگرایی (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) · az aseksuallıq (state of not experiencing sexual attraction)