asexuality

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Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
21
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˌeɪ.sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/ (UK)
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/ˌeɪ.sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/ (UK) · /ˌeɪ.sɛk.sjuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/ (UK) · /ˌeɪ.sɛk.ʃuˈæ.lə.ti/ (US)

Definition of asexuality

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)The state or quality of being asexual:
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)The state or quality of being asexual:
  2. (uncountable, usually)The state or quality of being asexual:
    “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 the inferred asexuality of the phoenix.”
  3. (uncountable, usually)The state or quality of being asexual:
    “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.”
    “While interpreted as supporting the asexuality of bdelloids, …”

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Etymology

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

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