asexual

English

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Etymology

From a- (“lacking, without”) +‎ sexual.

Adjective

asexual (not comparable)

1. Not experiencing sexual attraction; lacking interest in or desire for sex.
   • 2010, Jerrold S. Greenberg, Clint E. Bruess, Sarah C. Conklin, Exploring the Dimensions of Human Sexuality, fourth edition, pages 357–358:

     Many asexual people experience attraction, but feel no need to act out that attraction sexually. Because they don't see a lack of sexual arousal as a problem to be corrected, asexual people focus their energy on enjoying other types of arousal and pleasure.

2. Not sexual in nature, not marked by sexual activity. (Compare Platonic.)
   • 2004, Martha Vicinus, Intimate Friends: women who loved women, 1778-1928, page 150:

     The central paradox of Linton's writing was her inability, or unwillingness, to imagine an asexual friendship between women.

3. (biology) Having no distinct sex, having no sexual organs.
4. (biology) Without sexual action; reproducing by some other method than sex.

   asexual reproduction

Synonyms

• (not experiencing sexual attraction): ace (slang), asexy (slang)

Derived terms

• asexual reproduction

Related terms

• asexuality

Coordinate terms

• (of humans): homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual

Translations

having no interest in sex

• Finnish: epäseksuaalinen (fi)
• French: asexuel (fr)
• Greek: άφυλος (el) (áfylos) m , άγαμος (el) (ágamos) m 
• Hungarian: aszexuális (hu)

• Romanian: asexual (ro)
• Russian: асексуальный (ru) (asɛksuálʹnyj) 
• Turkish: aseksüel (tr)

without sexual action

• Finnish: suvuton (fi)
• French: asexué (fr), asexuel (fr)
• Greek: άφυλος (el) (áfylos) m , άγαμος (el) (ágamos) m 
• Hungarian: aszexuális (hu), ivartalan (hu)
• Icelandic: kynlaus (is) m

• Italian: asessuale (it), asessuato (it)
• Manx: neucheintyssagh (gv)
• Romanian: asexual (ro)
• Russian: бесполый (ru) (bespólyj) 
• Turkish: aseksüel (tr)

having no distinct sex

• Finnish: sukupuoleton (fi)
• French: asexué (fr)
• German: geschlechtslos (de)
• Greek: άφυλος (el) (áfylos) m 
• Hungarian: aszexuális (hu), ivartalan (hu)

• Icelandic: kynlaus (is) m
• Italian: asessuale (it), asessuato (it)
• Russian: бесполый (ru) (bespólyj) 
• Turkish: aseksüel (tr)

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• Japanese: 無性の (ja) (musei no)

See also

• celibacy
• fission
• gemmation

Noun

asexual (plural asexuals)

1. (biology) A species which reproduces by asexual rather than sexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.
   • 2009, Isa Schön, Giampaolo Rossetti, Koen Martens, Darwinulid Ostracods: Ancient Asexual Scandals or Scandalous Gossip?, published as Chapter 11 of Lost Sex: The Evolutionary Biology of Parthenogenesis, Isa Schön, Koen Martens, Peter van Dijk (editors), page 221:

     11.2 Demonstrating the Status of Long-Lived Asexuals

     [...] Indeed, if sex has so many advantages, then which special adaptations - if any - allow long-term survival without it? However, the main task of the research teams dealing with such putative ancient asexuals has thus far been to demonstrate that their respective groups (mainly bdelloids, darwinulids and certain lineages within orbatid mites) indeed merit the status.

2. A person who does not experience sexual attraction; a person who lacks interest in or desire for sex.

Antonyms

• (biology): sexual
• (person): sexual

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Catalan

Adjective

asexual m, f (masculine and feminine plural asexuals)

1. asexual

Noun

asexual m, f (plural asexuals)

1. asexual

Related terms

• asexualitat

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Romanian

Etymology

English asexual

Pronunciation

• IPA: [aseksuˈal]

Adjective

asexual ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. asexual

Declension

declension of asexual

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	asexual		asexuală	asexuali	asexuale
	definite	asexualul		asexuala	asexualii	asexualele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	asexual		asexuale	asexuali	asexuale
	definite	asexualului		asexualei	asexualilor	asexualelor

Noun

asexual m (plural asexuali)

1. asexual

Declension

declension of asexual

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un asexual	asexualul	niște asexuali	asexualii
genitive/dative	unui asexual	asexualului	unor asexuali	asexualilor

Related terms

• asexualitate

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Spanish

Adjective

asexual m and f (plural asexuales)

1. asexual

Noun

asexual m and f (plural asexuales)

1. asexual