English Explanatory Dictionary

asexuality

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state or quality of being asexual:
  2. The quality of experiencing little or no sexual attraction.
  3. The quality of lacking a sex or sexual organs.
  4. The quality (of a species or organism) of reproducing asexually.

Pronunciation

/ˌeɪ.sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/ /ˌeɪ.sɛk.sjuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-asexuality.wav /ˌeɪ.sɛk.ʃuˈæ.lə.ti/

Word forms

asexuality asexualities

Etymology

From a- (“lacking, without”) + sexuality, equivalent to asexual + -ity.

Synonyms

anaphrodisia

Derived words

gray asexuality

Translations

Albanian: aseksualitet Arabic: لَاجِنْسِيَّة Azerbaijani: aseksuallıq Azerbaijani: aseksualizm Basque: asexualtasun Bulgarian: асексуа́лност Catalan: asexualitat Chinese Mandarin: 無性戀 /无性恋 Chinese Mandarin: 無性向 /无性向 Czech: asexualita Danish: aseksualitet Dutch: aseksualiteit Esperanto: neseksemo Estonian: aseksuaalsus Finnish: aseksuaalisuus French: asexualité Georgian: ასექსუალობა German: Asexualität Greek: ασεξουαλικότητα Gujarati: અલિંગતા Hindi: अलैंगिकता Hungarian: aszexualitás Icelandic: ókynhneigð Indonesian: aseksualitas Italian: asessualità Japanese: 非性愛 Kazakh: асексуалдылық Korean: 무성애 Lao: ໄຮ້ເພດ Latvian: aseksualitāte Maltese: asesswalità Marathi: अलिंगता Persian: بیجنسگرایی Polish: aseksualizm Polish: aseksualność Portuguese: assexualidade Romanian: asexualitate Russian: асексуа́льность Serbo-Croatian: асексуалност Serbo-Croatian: aseksualnost Slovak: asexualita Spanish: asexualidad Swedish: asexualitet Tagalog: aseksuwalidad
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