Definition of asexuality Asexuality

a•sex•u•al•i•ty

We found 14 definitions of asexuality from 5 different sources.

What does asexuality mean?

Noun Plural: asexualities
asexuality - having no evident sex or sex organs
		sexlessness
		physiological property a property having to do with the functioning of the body

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asexuality (Noun)
The state or quality of being asexual, that is.
asexuality (Noun)
The state of not experiencing sexual attraction. Compare heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality.
asexuality (Noun)
The state of not having a sex or sexual organs.
asexuality (Noun)
1971?, Roelof van den Broek, The Myth of the Phoenix, page 42.
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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.
asexuality (Noun)
The quality of a species or organism of reproducing asexually.
asexuality (Noun)
2003, Gimme Hugh Walter, Insect Pest Management and Ecological Research, page 16.
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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.
asexuality (Noun)
2009, Chapter 13 of Lost Sex: The Evolutionary Biology of Parthenogenesis, Isa Schön, Koen Martens, Peter van Dijk editors, page 26.
asexuality (Noun)
While interpreted as supporting the asexuality of bdelloids, ...

Asexuality is a sexual orientation. Asexual people do not have sexual feelings for anyone, neither male nor female. Asexual people may still feel love for others, but are not aroused. Asexuality is one of the least known sexualities.

Most people aren't asexual. Most people are Heterosexual, and some are Homosexual, or Bisexual. However, some people who are antisexual may be asexual.