sexlessness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English sexless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English sexlessness From sexless + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The property of being sexless.
This brings us to fertility-challenged Japan, which is in the midst of a demographic crisis and has become something of a case study in the dangers of sexlessness.
2018 November 13, Kate Julian, “Why Are Young People Having So Little Sex?”, in The Atlantic: