Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Asexuality |
AsexualityNoun1. Having no evident sex or sex organs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: AsexualitySynonym: sexlessness (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Several religions or religious sects believe that asexuality is a spiritually superior condition. Some Christian religions, based on 1 Corinthians 7:9 ("1 Corinthians 7:9 (RSV) But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion. ") endorse sex only within marriage, and then only as a lesser choice than chastity or sexual abstinence. In the Catholic Church, chastity is one of the vows that one takes in order to become a nun or priest. See also celibacy. This idea that asexuality is the higher way is sometimes referred to as asexism.
In other creeds, children may be considered a gift of God that should not be refused, and/or a means of spreading religion.
In fiction, John Braine's novel The Jealous God (1964) is a good example of sex mainly seen as a sin. On the other hand, in his science fiction novel Distress (1995), Greg Egan imagines a world where "asex" is one out of five or seven acknowledged gender settings.
Asexuality is not to be confused with asexual reproduction.
See also: heteronormativity
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Asexuality."
| "Asexuality" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Asexuality" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
asexuality | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "asexuality"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | geschlechtslosigkeit (sexlessness). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | asexualityay асексуальность. (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "asexuality": parasexuality. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-l-s-t-u-x-y" | |
-1 letter: sexuality. | |
-2 letters: saxatile. | |
-3 letters: alexias, asexual, ataxies, luxates, yautias. | |
-4 letters: alates, alexia, aliyas, axites, easily, eutaxy, exalts, exults, ixtles, laxest, laxity, luxate, lysate, saltie, salute, sexily, sexual, slatey, stelai, taxies, yautia. | |
-5 letters: aisle, alate, alias, alist, aliya, asyla, ataxy, atlas, axels, axial, axile, axils, axite, axles, etuis, exalt, exist, exits, exult, ileus, islet, istle, ixtle. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-l-s-t-u-x-y" | |
+2 letters: pansexuality. | |
+3 letters: ambisexuality, antisexuality, parasexuality. | |
+4 letters: transsexuality. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 73 65 78 75 61 6C 69 74 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
|
| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
|
| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
|
Morse Code (1836) (references).- ... . -..- ..- .- .-.. .. - -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110011 01100101 01111000 01110101 01100001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A s e x u a l i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0073 0065 0078 0075 0061 006C 0069 0074 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
|
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35857190876778758691 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
