asexuality
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asexuality
- /ˌeɪ.sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/ UK
- /ˌeɪ.sɛk.sjuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/ UK
- /ˌeɪ.sɛk.ʃuˈæ.lə.ti/ US
Rhymes with -ælɪti
Where it comes from
From a- (“lacking, without”) + sexuality, equivalent to asexual + -ity.
noun asexualities
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The quality of experiencing little or no sexual attraction.
Similar: anaphrodisia
- The quality of lacking a sex or sexual organs. The same holds for Vincentius Victor in his discussion of the asexuality of the corporeal form of the soul. In Lactantius, who emphasizes the uncertainty concerning the sex of the phoenix, and in Zeno of Verona, who says that the phoenix is for itself both sexes, the background is again formed by th
- The quality (of a species or organism) of reproducing asexually. The asexuality of insects is, in almost all cases, known to be a derived condition. That is, their evolution was contingent on the sexuality of their ancestral forms.
Translations
Every language
noun state of not experiencing sexual attraction
| Español | asexualidad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 무성애 museong'ae |
| 日本語 | 非性愛 hiseiai |
| 中文 | 無性戀 /无性恋 wúxìngliàn, 無性向 /无性向 wúxìngxiàng |
| हिन्दी | अलैंगिकता alaiṅgiktā |
| Português | assexualidade |
| Français | asexualité |
| Deutsch | Asexualität |
| Italiano | asessualità |
| Ελληνικά | ασεξουαλικότητα asexoualikótita |
| Română | asexualitate |
| Русский | асексуа́льность aseksuálʹnostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | vô tính |
| العربية | لَاجِنْسِيَّة lā-jinsiyya |
Talk about this word "asexuality." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/asexuality. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. asexuality. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/asexuality "asexuality." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/asexuality.Cite this
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title = {asexuality},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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