asexual
English edit
Etymology edit
From a- (“lacking, without”) + -sexual.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /eɪˈsɛkʃuəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective edit
asexual (not comparable)
- Nonsexual in nature, unmarked by sexual activity.
- Coordinate term: 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.
- (especially of a person) 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.
- 2021 March 21, Jamie Waters, “‘I don’t want sex with anyone’: the growing asexuality movement”, in The Observer[1]:
- Benoit is determined to ensure other asexual (or “ace”) people don’t feel broken or alone in a world in which lust and desire pulsate through our entire culture.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:asexual.
- (biology) Lacking distinct sex, lacking sexual organs.
- Synonym: epicene
- (biology) Without sexual action; reproducing by some other method than sex.
Antonyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
- (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 edit
Translations edit
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 edit
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. [...]
Antonyms edit
Translations edit
biology
a person who does not experience sexual attraction
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something which does not have a sex
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Usage notes edit
- Asexual (in the sense of lacking sexual attraction or desire) should not be confused with hyposexual (see usage notes at hyposexuality) or non-libidoist.
See also edit
- (romantic orientations) romantic orientation; aromantic (-ism), biromantic (-ism), demiromantic (-ism), heteroromantic (-ism), homoromantic (-ism), panromantic (-ism), transromantic (Category: en:Romantic orientations)
- fission, gemmation
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
asexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural asexuals)
Noun edit
asexual m or f by sense (plural asexuals)
Antonyms edit
Related terms edit
Galician edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
asexual m or f (plural asexuais)
Noun edit
asexual m or f by sense (plural asexuais)
Antonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “asexual” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adjective edit
asexual (strong nominative masculine singular asexualer, not comparable)
Declension edit
Positive forms of asexual (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist asexual | sie ist asexual | es ist asexual | sie sind asexual | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | asexualer | asexuale | asexuales | asexuale |
genitive | asexualen | asexualer | asexualen | asexualer | |
dative | asexualem | asexualer | asexualem | asexualen | |
accusative | asexualen | asexuale | asexuales | asexuale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der asexuale | die asexuale | das asexuale | die asexualen |
genitive | des asexualen | der asexualen | des asexualen | der asexualen | |
dative | dem asexualen | der asexualen | dem asexualen | den asexualen | |
accusative | den asexualen | die asexuale | das asexuale | die asexualen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein asexualer | eine asexuale | ein asexuales | (keine) asexualen |
genitive | eines asexualen | einer asexualen | eines asexualen | (keiner) asexualen | |
dative | einem asexualen | einer asexualen | einem asexualen | (keinen) asexualen | |
accusative | einen asexualen | eine asexuale | ein asexuales | (keine) asexualen |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English asexual. Equivalent to a- + sexual.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
asexual m or n (feminine singular asexuală, masculine plural asexuali, feminine and neuter plural asexuale)
Declension edit
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 edit
asexual m (plural asexuali)
Declension edit
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 |
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
asexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural asexuales)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
asexual m or f by sense (plural asexuales)
Further reading edit
- “asexual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014