asexual
English
Etymology
From a- (“lacking, without”) + -sexual.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
asexual (not comparable)
- Nonsexual in nature, unmarked 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.
- 2004, Martha Vicinus, Intimate Friends: women who loved women, 1778-1928, page 150:
- 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.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:asexual.
- 2010, Jerrold S. Greenberg, Clint E. Bruess, Sarah C. Conklin, Exploring the Dimensions of Human Sexuality, fourth edition, pages 357–358:
- (biology) Lacking distinct sex, lacking sexual organs.
- (biology) Without sexual action; reproducing by some other method than sex.
Synonyms
- (not experiencing sexual attraction): ace (slang), asexy (slang), hyposexual
- (without sexual features): epicene
Antonyms
Coordinate terms
- (sexual orientations) sexual orientation; asexual (-ity, ace), bisexual (-ity, bi), demisexual (-ity, demi), graysexual (-ity), heterosexual (-ity, straight), homosexual (-ity, gay, lesbian), omnisexual (-ity), pansexual (-ity, pan), plurisexual (-ity), polysexual (-ity), robosexual (-ity), sapiosexual (-ity), androsexual (-ity), gynesexual (-ity), vegansexual (-ity) (Category: en:Sexual orientations)
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
having no interest in sex
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without sexual action
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having no distinct sex
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Noun
asexual (plural asexuals)
- (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.
- 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:
- A person who does not experience sexual attraction; a person who lacks interest in or desire for sex.
- (rare) Something which does not have a sex, or a word which refers to such a thing.
- 1936, The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, volume 35, page 323:
- […] The masculine forms are used to a considerable extent in congruence with etymologically masculine nouns; also with etymologically feminine asexuals; e.g. se stefn L 9, 36; [...] The neuter forms are used with etymologically neuter nouns; with etymologically masculine asexuals; e.g. þ cyrtil L 6, 29; J 19, 23; þ penning L 20, 24; bēam (Lindelof p. 9) ; stān (Lindelof p. 11); and with etymologically feminine asexuals; e.g. [...]
- 1936, The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, volume 35, page 323:
Antonyms
See also
- (romantic orientations) romantic orientation; aromantic (-ism), biromantic (-ism), demiromantic (-ism), heteroromantic (-ism), homoromantic (-ism), panromantic (-ism), transromantic (Category: en:Romantic orientations)
- fission, gemmation
Catalan
Adjective
asexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural asexuals)
Noun
asexual m or f (plural asexuals)
Antonyms
Related terms
Galician
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
asexual m or f (plural asexuais)
Noun
asexual m or f (plural asexuais)
Antonyms
German
Etymology
Adjective
asexual (not comparable)
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- “asexual” in Duden online
Romanian
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] English asexual
Pronunciation
Adjective
asexual m or n (feminine singular asexuală, masculine plural asexuali, feminine and neuter plural asexuale)
Declension
Declension of asexual
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 | asexualelor | asexualilor |
Noun
asexual m (plural asexuali)
Declension
Declension of asexual
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) asexual | asexualul | (niște) asexuali | asexualii |
genitive/dative | (unui) asexual | asexualului | (unor) asexuali | asexualilor |
vocative | asexualule | asexualilor |
Related terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
asexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural asexuales)
Noun
asexual m or f (plural asexuales)
Antonyms
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