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{
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}
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"word": "androsexual"
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{
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"word": "vegansexual"
}
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"word": "ace"
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"word": "asexual division"
},
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},
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"word": "asexual reproduction"
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"word": "asexual spore"
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"id1": "not"
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"name": "affix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From a- (“lacking, without”) + -sexual.",
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],
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{
"text": "Coordinate term: platonic"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Martha Vicinus, Intimate Friends: women who loved women, 1778-1928, page 150",
"text": "The central paradox of Linton's writing was her inability, or unwillingness, to imagine an asexual friendship between women.",
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}
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"Nonsexual in nature, unmarked by sexual activity."
],
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{
"ref": "2010, Jerrold S. Greenberg, Clint E. Bruess, Sarah C. Conklin, Exploring the Dimensions of Human Sexuality, fourth edition, pages 357-358",
"text": "Many asexual people experience attraction, but feel no need to act out that attraction sexually. Because they don't see a lack of sexual arousal as a problem to be corrected, asexual people focus their energy on enjoying other types of arousal and pleasure.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2021 March 21, Jamie Waters, “‘I don’t want sex with anyone’: the growing asexuality movement”, in The Observer",
"text": "Benoit is determined to ensure other asexual (or “ace”) people don’t feel broken or alone in a world in which lust and desire pulsate through our entire culture.",
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"Not experiencing sexual attraction; lacking interest in or desire for sex."
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"attraction",
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"(especially of a person) Not experiencing sexual attraction; lacking interest in or desire for sex."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a person"
],
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"slang"
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},
{
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"slang"
],
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},
{
"word": "a-spec"
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],
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"especially",
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"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "niśkami",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "নিষ্কামী"
},
{
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "aseksuel"
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{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "aseksueel"
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{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "neseksema"
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{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "epäseksuaalinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "asexuel"
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{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "asexual"
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{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aseksualuri",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "ასექსუალური"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "asexuell"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "asexoualikós",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "ασεξουαλικός"
},
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"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "áfylos",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "άφυλος"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ágamos",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "άγαμος"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "aszexuális"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "asessuale"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "asessuato"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "hōkakakore"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "aseksuell"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "aseksuell"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "aseksualny"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "assexual"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "asexual"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "aseksuálʹnyj",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "асексуа́льный"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "asexuálny"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "asexual"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "asexuell"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 40 26 16",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having no interest in sex",
"word": "aseksüel"
}
]
},
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Biology",
"orig": "en:Biology",
"parents": [
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
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"parents": [
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"Human behaviour",
"Sex",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Reproduction",
"Fundamental",
"Life",
"Nature"
],
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},
{
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"name": "People",
"orig": "en:People",
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"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"Lacking distinct sex, lacking sexual organs."
],
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[
"biology",
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],
[
"sex",
"sex"
],
[
"organ",
"organ"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(biology) Lacking distinct sex, lacking sexual organs."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "epicene"
}
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
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"natural-sciences"
],
"translations": [
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "bjasplócjevy",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "бяспло́цевы"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "bjaspóly",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "бяспо́лы"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezpólov",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "безпо́лов"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "bezpohlavní"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "ukønnet"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "aseksuel"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "geslachtloos"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "aseksueel"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "neseksa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "sukupuoleton"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "aseksuaalinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "asexué"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "asexuel"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "asexuado"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "geschlechtslos"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "áfylos",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "άφυλος"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "aszexuális"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "ivartalan"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "kynlaus"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "asessuato"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"alt": "むせいの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "musei no",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "無性の"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jynyssyz",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "жыныссыз"
},
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bespolen",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "бесполен"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "ukjønnet"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "aseksuell"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "ukjønna"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "aseksuell"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "bezpłciowy"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "assexuado"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bespólyj",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "беспо́лый"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "asexuálny"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "bezpohlavný"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "nepohlavný"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "asog"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "aseksüel"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 10 76 9",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezstatévyj",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "безстате́вий"
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]
},
{
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{
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Biology",
"orig": "en:Biology",
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "asexual reproduction"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Without sexual action; reproducing by some other method than sex."
],
"id": "en-asexual-en-adj-7FbMfmJn",
"links": [
[
"biology",
"biology"
],
[
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],
[
"sex",
"sex"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(biology) Without sexual action; reproducing by some other method than sex."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
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"natural-sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 7 7 84",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lājinsiyy",
"sense": "without sexual action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "لَاجِنْسِيّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 7 84",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lājinsiyya",
"sense": "without sexual action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "لَاجِنْسِيَّة"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 7 84",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "without sexual action",
"word": "aseksueel"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 7 84",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "without sexual action",
"word": "neseksa"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 7 84",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without sexual action",
"word": "suvuton"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 7 84",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "without sexual action",
"word": "asexué"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 7 84",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "without sexual action",
"word": "asexuel"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 7 84",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "without sexual action",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "asexual"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 7 84",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "áfylos",
"sense": "without sexual action",
"word": "άφυλος"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 7 84",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ágamos",
"sense": "without sexual action",
"word": "άγαμος"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 7 84",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "without sexual action",
"word": "aszexuális"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 7 84",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "without sexual action",
"word": "ivartalan"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 7 84",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "without sexual action",
"word": "kynlaus"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 7 84",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "without sexual action",
"word": "asessuale"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 7 84",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "without sexual action",
"word": "asessuato"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 7 84",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "aseksualdyq",
"sense": "without sexual action",
"word": "асексуалдық"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 7 84",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "without sexual action",
"word": "neucheintyssagh"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 7 84",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "without sexual action",
"word": "tōkaikore"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 7 7 84",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "having no distinct sex",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "áfylos",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "having no distinct sex",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "ivartalan"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "having no distinct sex",
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "asessuato"
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"alt": "むせいの",
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"sense": "having no distinct sex",
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"code": "mk",
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "having no distinct sex",
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"code": "nb",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "having no distinct sex",
"word": "assexuado"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "having no distinct sex",
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"text": "11.2 Demonstrating the Status of Long-Lived Asexuals\n… Indeed, if sex has so many advantages, then which special adaptations - if any - allow long-term survival without it? However, the main task of the research teams dealing with such putative ancient asexuals has thus far been to demonstrate that their respective groups (mainly bdelloids, darwinulids and certain lineages within orbatid mites) indeed merit the status."
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