Incel

Quick meaning: Incel is a noun meaning An individual who is not sexually active despite having such a desire.

Meaning

An individual who is not sexually active despite having such a desire.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable, seduction community, informal) "Involuntary celibacy": the state of being not sexually active despite wishing to be.
2. (seduction community) Not having sexual relations despite wishing to.
3. 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.
4. (derogatory) A misogynistic man, with the implication that his misogyny makes him undesirable to potential partners, thus limiting his romantic and/or sexual prospects.

Example Sentences

People who are 'incel' are often suspected as being gay. It's annoying.

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.”

Word Forms

• incels

Synonyms for incel

Depending on context, synonyms include blue-baller, incelibate, love-shy, permavirgin, incelibacy, love-shyness.

Antonyms for incel

Common opposites include volcel.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include incelism, mentalcel, singlist, incestualist, incestophile, quirkyalone.

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