"asexuality" meaning in English

See asexuality in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌeɪ.sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/ [UK], /ˌeɪ.sɛk.sjuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/ [UK], /ˌeɪ.sɛk.ʃuˈæ.lə.ti/ [US] Forms: asexualities [plural]
Rhymes: -ælɪti Etymology: From a- (“lacking, without”) + sexuality, equivalent to asexual + -ity. Etymology templates: {{af|en|a-<t:lacking, without><id:not>|sexuality}} a- (“lacking, without”) + sexuality, {{af|en|asexual|-ity}} asexual + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} asexuality (usually uncountable, plural asexualities)
  1. The state or quality of being asexual:
    The quality of experiencing little or no sexual attraction.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): LGBT, Sex, Sexual orientations Synonyms: anaphrodisia
    Sense id: en-asexuality-en-noun-zw-Hlh4j Disambiguation of LGBT: 52 24 24 Disambiguation of Sex: 32 36 32 Disambiguation of Sexual orientations: 57 22 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a- (not), English terms suffixed with -ity, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Gujarati translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lao translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Maltese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Uzbek translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 13 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a- (not): 41 29 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 56 18 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 8 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 69 8 18 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 7 22 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 64 13 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 59 14 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 69 9 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 66 13 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 70 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 63 13 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 66 11 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 62 14 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 55 20 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Gujarati translations: 65 13 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 54 20 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 70 9 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 70 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Lao translations: 68 12 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Maltese translations: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 52 19 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 62 14 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 66 12 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 70 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 63 13 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 70 9 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 67 12 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 65 13 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 67 12 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 69 11 21
  2. The state or quality of being asexual:
    The quality of lacking a sex or sexual organs.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-asexuality-en-noun-zV15n6gN Disambiguation of Sex: 32 36 32
  3. The state or quality of being asexual:
    The quality (of a species or organism) of reproducing asexually.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Sex Translations (the quality of a species or organism of reproducing asexually): bezpłciowość (Polish)
    Sense id: en-asexuality-en-noun-8Iuba7o1 Disambiguation of Sex: 32 36 32 Disambiguation of 'the quality of a species or organism of reproducing asexually': 30 30 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: graysexuality 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), अलिंगता (aliṅgtā) [feminine] (Marathi), 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), அபாலீர்ப்பு (apālīrppu) (Tamil), 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), polysexual (alt: -ity), sapiosexual (alt: -ity), androsexual (alt: -ity), gynesexual (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': 33 33 33

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          "ref": "2003, Gimme Hugh Walter, Insect Pest Management and Ecological Research, page 166",
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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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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
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      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "асексуа́лност"
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "asexualitat"
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      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "無性戀"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúxìngliàn",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "无性恋"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "無性向"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
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      "roman": "wúxìngxiàng",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "无性向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "asexualita"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksualitet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aseksualiteit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "neseksemo"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksuaalsus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksuaalisuus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "asexualité"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aseksualoba",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "ასექსუალობა"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Asexualität"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "asexoualikótita",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "ασεξουαλικότητα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "aliṅgtā",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "અલિંગતા"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aszexualitás"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "ókynhneigð"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "asessualità"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "alt": "ひせいあい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hiseiai",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "非性愛"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aseksualdylyq",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "асексуалдылық"
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      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
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      "roman": "museong'ae",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "무성애"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "hai phēt",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "ໄຮ້ເພດ"
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      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "aseksualitāte"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "mt",
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "asesswalità"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "aliṅgtā",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "अलिंगता"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bi-jens-garâyi",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "بیجنسگرایی"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksualizm"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "aseksualność"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "assexualidade"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asexualitate"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "aseksuálʹnostʹ",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "асексуа́льность"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "асексуалност"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
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      "word": "aseksualnost"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "asexualita"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "asexualidad"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "word": "asexualitet"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksuwalidad"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "apālīrppu",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "அபாலீர்ப்பு"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksüellik"
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      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "aseksualʹnístʹ",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "асексуальні́сть"
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    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksuallik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "vô tính"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 33 33",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "anrhywioldeb"
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    "Terms with Basque translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Gujarati translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Kazakh translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Lao translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Maltese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Marathi translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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        },
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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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      "ipa": "/ˌeɪ.sɛk.sjuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/",
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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksualitet"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
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    },
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksuallıq"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "aseksualizm"
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "asexualtasun"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "aseksuálnost",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "асексуа́лност"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "asexualitat"
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      "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": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "aliṅgtā",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "अलिंगता"
    },
    {
      "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": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "apālīrppu",
      "sense": "state of not experiencing sexual attraction",
      "word": "அபாலீர்ப்பு"
    },
    {
      "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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