asexuality
pronunciation
How to pronounce asexuality in British English:
UK [eɪsekʃ'ʊælɪtɪ]
How to pronounce asexuality in American English:
US [eɪsekʃ'ʊælɪtɪ]
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- Noun:
- having no evident sex or sex organs
Word Origin
- asexuality (n.)
- 1877; see asexual + -ity.
Example
- 1. He defines asexuality as a complete lack of sexual attraction .
- 2. Asexuality is a fast growing sexual preference .
- 3. They have found a species of crayfish that follows the logic of asexuality and does , indeed , clone itself .
- 4. His book to be published next month , understanding asexuality , analyses asexuality further , arguing that greater numbers of people now consider themselves ' asexual ' .
- 5. " There are almost certainly systems where strict asexuality arises , and the lineages go extinct over evolutionary time thousands or tens of thousands of years , " says david hillis of the university of texas at austin .