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non-libidoist en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + libido + -ist.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Innately having no libido.
    • I'm a non-libidoist, indifferent, aromantic asexual, which means there's no one I'm romantically attracted to ... 2013, @thebeardlessone, quoted in Kate Bornstein, My New Gender Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity, unnumbered page
    • I’m sex-averse, non-libidoist, celibate, aromantic, and asexual. 2015, Laura, "Asexual community politics and sex aversion", F-ace-ing Silence, Issue 2, January 2015, page 18
    • I figured out I was a non-libidoist, sex-averse, asexual—who was also kissing-averse—and immediately ended my relationship with my boyfriend. 2017, Emily Karp, "An Asexual Awakening", Asexual, Volume 1, Issue 3, Fall 2017, page 10

Forms

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nonlibidoist alternative, uncommon lexicographic

non-libidoist en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + libido + -ist.

Meanings

  1. A person who innately has no libido, i.e. who does not experience sexual urges or desires.
    • His attraction to her can still fit within the asexual spectrum; Sherlock's attraction to Adler could be an intellectual one he does not feel the need to act upon (i.e., he is a non-libidoist). 2016, Amber Botts, “(No) Sex Sherlock: Asexuality, Victorian Abstience and the Art of Ambiguity”, in Lynnette Porter, editor, Who Is Sherlock?: Essays on Identity in Modern Holmes Adaptations, page 173:
    • According to my lawyer, who held a thick Physicians' Desk Reference in his hand, Tieresse was a nonlibidoist—someone who got no pleasure from sex. 2019, David R. Row, Confessions of an Innocent Man, page 59:
    • Although the authors in this collection prefer to use the tern "nonlibidoism" and not asexuality, I consider asexuality in a broader sense to include nonlibidoists, or people who are born without any sexual feelings. 2010, Eunjung Kim, “How Much Sex Is Healthy?: The Pleasures of Asexuality”, in Jonathan Metzl, Anna Kirkland, editors, Against Health: How Health Became the New Morality, page 167:

Forms

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non-libidoists Number=Plur lexicographic
nonlibidoist alternative, uncommon lexicographic

Relateds

hyposexual