noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˌeɪ.sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/
UK:/ˌeɪ.sɛk.sjuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/
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US:/ˌeɪ.sɛk.ʃuˈæ.lə.ti/
rhymes with -ælɪti
1
noun
Meaning 1
The state or quality of being asexual:
The quality of experiencing little or no sexual attraction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anaphrodisia
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The state or quality of being asexual:
The quality of lacking a sex or sexual organs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The state or quality of being asexual:
The quality (of a species or organism) of reproducing asexually.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
having no evident sex or sex organs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sexlessness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: physiological property
History
Etymology
From a- (“lacking, without”) + sexuality, equivalent to asexual + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
aseksualitet
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Arabic:
لَاجِنْسِيَّة
(lā-jinsiyya)
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Azerbaijani:
aseksuallıq
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Azerbaijani:
aseksualizm
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Basque:
asexualtasun
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Bulgarian:
асексуа́лност
(aseksuálnost)
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Catalan:
asexualitat
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Chinese Mandarin:
無性戀 /无性恋
(wúxìngliàn)
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Chinese Mandarin:
無性向 /无性向
(wúxìngxiàng)
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Czech:
asexualita
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Danish:
aseksualitet
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Dutch:
aseksualiteit
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Esperanto:
neseksemo
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Estonian:
aseksuaalsus
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Finnish:
aseksuaalisuus
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
French:
asexualité
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Georgian:
ასექსუალობა
(aseksualoba)
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
German:
Asexualität
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Greek:
ασεξουαλικότητα
(asexoualikótita)
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Gujarati:
અલિંગતા
(aliṅgtā)
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Hindi:
अलैंगिकता
(alaiṅgiktā)
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Hungarian:
aszexualitás
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Icelandic:
ókynhneigð
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Indonesian:
aseksualitas
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Italian:
asessualità
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Japanese:
非性愛
(hiseiai)
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Kazakh:
асексуалдылық
(aseksualdylyq)
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Korean:
무성애
(museong'ae)
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Lao:
ໄຮ້ເພດ
(hai phēt)
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Latvian:
aseksualitāte
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Maltese:
asesswalità
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Marathi:
अलिंगता
(aliṅgtā)
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Persian:
بیجنسگرایی
(bi-jens-garâyi)
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Polish:
aseksualizm
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Polish:
aseksualność
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Portuguese:
assexualidade
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Romanian:
asexualitate
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Russian:
асексуа́льность
(aseksuálʹnostʹ)
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Serbo-Croatian:
асексуалност
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Serbo-Croatian:
aseksualnost
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Slovak:
asexualita
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Spanish:
asexualidad
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Swedish:
asexualitet
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Tagalog:
aseksuwalidad
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Tamil:
அபாலீர்ப்பு
(apālīrppu)
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Turkish:
aseksüellik
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Ukrainian:
асексуальні́сть
(aseksualʹnístʹ)
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Uzbek:
aseksuallik
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Vietnamese:
vô tính
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Welsh:
anrhywioldeb
— state of not experiencing sexual attraction
Polish:
bezpłciowość
— the quality of a species or organism of reproducing asexually
