"asexuality" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: asexualities [plural]
Etymology: a- (“without”) + sexuality; asexual + -ity Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|sexuality|gloss1=without}} a- (“without”) + sexuality, {{suffix|en|asexual|ity}} asexual + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} asexuality (usually uncountable, plural asexualities)
  1. The state or quality of being asexual, that is:
    The state of experiencing little or no sexual attraction.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-asexuality-en-noun-6R6RtifW Disambiguation of Sex: 33 33 33
  2. The state or quality of being asexual, that is:
    The state of not having a sex or sexual organs.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-asexuality-en-noun-Dd0ZwAol Disambiguation of Sex: 33 33 33
  3. The state or quality of being asexual, that is:
    The quality (of a species or organism) of reproducing asexually.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): LGBT, Sex, Sexual orientations Translations (the quality of a species or organism of reproducing asexually): bezpłciowość (Polish)
    Sense id: en-asexuality-en-noun-FrTL0Jwi Disambiguation of LGBT: 27 27 46 Disambiguation of Sex: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Sexual orientations: 27 27 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with a-, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 19 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 18 64 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 25 25 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 19 14 67 Disambiguation of 'the quality of a species or organism of reproducing asexually': 12 12 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: anaphrodisia Derived forms: gray asexuality Translations (state of not experiencing sexual attraction): aseksualitet (Albanian), لَاجِنْسِيَّة (lā-jinsiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), aseksuallıq (Azerbaijani), aseksualizm (Azerbaijani), asexualtasun (Basque), асексуа́лност (aseksuálnost) (Bulgarian), asexualitat (Catalan), 無性戀 (Chinese Mandarin), 无性恋 (wúxìngliàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 無性向 (Chinese Mandarin), 无性向 (wúxìngxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), asexualita (Czech), aseksualitet (Danish), aseksualiteit [feminine] (Dutch), neseksemo (Esperanto), aseksuaalsus (Estonian), aseksuaalisuus (Finnish), asexualité (French), ასექსუალობა (aseksualoba) (Georgian), Asexualität [feminine] (German), ασεξουαλικότητα (asexoualikótita) (Greek), અલિંગતા (aliṅgtā) (Gujarati), aszexualitás (Hungarian), ókynhneigð (Icelandic), asessualità [feminine] (Italian), 非性愛 (hiseiai) (alt: ひせいあい) (Japanese), асексуалдылық (aseksualdylyq) (Kazakh), 무성애 (museong'ae) (alt: 無性愛) (Korean), ໄຮ້ເພດ (hai phēt) (Lao), aseksualitāte [feminine] (Latvian), asesswalità [feminine] (Maltese), بیجنسگرایی (bi-jens-garâyi) (Persian), aseksualizm (Polish), aseksualność [feminine] (Polish), assexualidade [feminine] (Portuguese), asexualitate [feminine] (Romanian), асексуа́льность (aseksuálʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), асексуалност [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), aseksualnost [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), asexualita [feminine] (Slovak), asexualidad [feminine] (Spanish), asexualitet [common-gender] (Swedish), aseksuwalidad (Tagalog), aseksüellik (Turkish), асексуальні́сть (aseksualʹnístʹ) (Ukrainian), aseksuallik (Uzbek), vô tính (Vietnamese), anrhywioldeb (Welsh)
Related terms: sexual orientation [sexual-orientations, sexuality, lifestyle], asexual (alt: -ity, ace), bisexual (alt: -ity, bi), demisexual (alt: -ity, demi), graysexual (alt: -ity), heterosexual (alt: -ity, straight), homosexual (alt: -ity, gay, lesbian), omnisexual (alt: -ity), pansexual (alt: -ity, pan), plurisexual (alt: -ity), polysexual (alt: -ity), robosexual (alt: -ity), sapiosexual (alt: -ity), androsexual (alt: -ity), gynesexual (alt: -ity), vegansexual (alt: -ity), romantic orientation [romantic-orientations, sexuality, lifestyle], aromantic (alt: -ism), biromantic (alt: -ism), demiromantic (alt: -ism), heteroromantic (alt: -ism), homoromantic (alt: -ism), panromantic (alt: -ism), transromantic Disambiguation of 'state of not experiencing sexual attraction': 40 38 23

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          "ref": "2009, Chapter 13 of Lost Sex: The Evolutionary Biology of Parthenogenesis, Isa Schön, Koen Martens, Peter van Dijk (editors), page 263",
          "text": "While interpreted as supporting the asexuality of bdelloids, …"
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      "word": "асексуа́лност"
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      "word": "asexualitat"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "无性恋"
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      "word": "asexualita"
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksualitet"
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    {
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      "word": "aseksuaalisuus"
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    {
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      "word": "asexualité"
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "ასექსუალობა"
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Asexualität"
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      "code": "el",
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      "word": "ókynhneigð"
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      "alt": "ひせいあい",
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      "word": "非性愛"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "word": "асексуалдылық"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "무성애"
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
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      "code": "mt",
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "بیجنسگرایی"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
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      "word": "asexualitate"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "aseksuálʹnostʹ",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "асексуа́льность"
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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
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      "word": "asexualita"
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      "word": "асексуальні́сть"
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksuallik"
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "40 38 23",
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      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
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    }
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}
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          "ref": "1971?, Roelof van den Broek, The Myth of the Phoenix, page 421",
          "text": "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."
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          "ref": "2003, Gimme Hugh Walter, Insect Pest Management and Ecological Research, page 166",
          "text": "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."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Chapter 13 of Lost Sex: The Evolutionary Biology of Parthenogenesis, Isa Schön, Koen Martens, Peter van Dijk (editors), page 263",
          "text": "While interpreted as supporting the asexuality of bdelloids, …"
        }
      ],
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksualitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "lā-jinsiyya",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "لَاجِنْسِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksuallıq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksualizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "asexualtasun"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "aseksuálnost",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "асексуа́лност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "asexualitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "無性戀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúxìngliàn",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "无性恋"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "無性向"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúxìngxiàng",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "无性向"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "asexualita"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksualitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aseksualiteit"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "neseksemo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksuaalsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksuaalisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "asexualité"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aseksualoba",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "ასექსუალობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Asexualität"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "asexoualikótita",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "ασεξουαλικότητα"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "aliṅgtā",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "અલિંગતા"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aszexualitás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "ókynhneigð"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asessualità"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひせいあい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hiseiai",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "非性愛"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aseksualdylyq",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "асексуалдылық"
    },
    {
      "alt": "無性愛",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "museong'ae",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "무성애"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "hai phēt",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "ໄຮ້ເພດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aseksualitāte"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asesswalità"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bi-jens-garâyi",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "بیجنسگرایی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksualizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aseksualność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "assexualidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asexualitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "aseksuálʹnostʹ",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "асексуа́льность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "асексуалност"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aseksualnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asexualita"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asexualidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "asexualitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksuwalidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksüellik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "aseksualʹnístʹ",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "асексуальні́сть"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksuallik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "vô tính"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "anrhywioldeb"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the quality of a species or organism of reproducing asexually",
      "word": "bezpłciowość"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "asexuality"
  ],
  "word": "asexuality"
}

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