incel
nounEtymology
Blend of involuntary + celibate. Coined by "Alana" in 1997 on an online forum (originally as invcel). Came to widespread usage in the mid-2010s, chiefly online, but now more widespread.
Definitions
A member of an online subculture of people (mostly men) who define themselves as unable…
A member of an online subculture of people (mostly men) who define themselves as unable to find a romantic or sexual partner despite desiring one.
- Though, involuntary celibates (or incels) shouldn't try to rationalize a dateless season or pass off sexual awkwardness as virtue; […]
- It is not clear when the term incels was coined, but the link between misogyny and violence against women has emerged on sites where incel communities gather.
- The incel ideology has already inspired the murders of at least sixteen people. Elliot Rodger, in 2014, in Isla Vista, California, killed six and injured fourteen in an attempt to instigate a “War on Women” for “depriving me of sex.”
An individual who is not sexually active despite having such a desire.
A misogynistic man, with the implication that his misogyny makes him undesirable to…
A misogynistic man, with the implication that his misogyny makes him undesirable to potential partners, thus limiting his romantic and/or sexual prospects.
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"Involuntary celibacy"
"Involuntary celibacy": the state of being not sexually active despite wishing to be.
Not having sexual relations despite wishing to.
- People who are 'incel' are often suspected as being gay. It's annoying.
The neighborhood
- synonymAFC
- synonymblue-baller
- synonymincel
- synonymincelibate
- synonyminvoluntary celibate
- synonymlove-shy
- synonympermavirgin
- antonymvolcel
- neighborcelibate
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for incel. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA