non-libidoist

English

Alternative forms

• nonlibidoist

Etymology

non- +‎ libidoist

Noun

non-libidoist (plural non-libidoists)

1. A person who innately has no libido, i.e. who does not experience sexual urges or desires.
   • 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:

     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.

   • 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:

     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).

   • 2019, David R. Row, Confessions of an Innocent Man, page 59:

     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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:non-libidoist.

Adjective

non-libidoist (uncountable)

1. Innately having no libido.
   • 2013, @thebeardlessone, quoted in 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 a non-libidoist, indifferent, aromantic asexual, which means there's no one I'm romantically attracted to ...

   • 2015, Laura, "Asexual community politics and sex aversion", F-ace-ing Silence, Issue 2, January 2015, page 18:

     I’m sex-averse, non-libidoist, celibate, aromantic, and asexual.

   • 2017, Emily Karp, "An Asexual Awakening", Asexual, Volume 1, Issue 3, Fall 2017, page 10:

     I figured out I was a non-libidoist, sex-averse, asexual—who was also kissing-averse—and immediately ended my relationship with my boyfriend.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:non-libidoist.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with asexual; a non-libidoist is someone who lacks a libido, or sex drive, whereas an asexual is someone who lacks sexual attraction. A non-libidoist is not necessarily asexual, and an asexual is not necessarily non-libidoist.

See also

• hyposexual