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Meaning of "sexlessness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SEXLESSNESS

ˈsɛksləsnəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEXLESSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sexlessness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SEXLESSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sexlessness in the English dictionary

The definition of sexlessness in the dictionary is the quality of being neither masculine nor feminine; androgyny.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEXLESSNESS

airlessness · ceaselessness · classlessness · defencelessness · effortlessness · endlessness · facelessness · fencelessness · flawlessness · godlessness · gracelessness · harmlessness · heedlessness · houselessness · jealousness · landlessness · meaninglessness · pricelessness · purposelessness · statelessness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEXLESSNESS

sexfoil · sexier · sexiest · sexily · sexiness · sexism · sexist · sexivalent · sexless · sexlessly · sexlinked · sexlocular · sexologic · sexological · sexologist · sexology · sexpartite · sexpert · sexploitation · sexpot

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEXLESSNESS

biliousness · business · callousness · carelessness · consciousness · deliciousness · deviousness · helplessness · hilariousness · homelessness · hopelessness · lawlessness · nervousness · obviousness · preciousness · restlessness · ridiculousness · righteousness · seriousness · unconsciousness · viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of sexlessness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sexlessness» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SEXLESSNESS

Find out the translation of sexlessness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sexlessness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sexlessness» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

sexlessness
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

asexualidad
570 millions of speakers
en

English

sexlessness
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

sexlessness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sexlessness
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

sexlessness
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

assexualidade
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

sexlessness
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

sexlessness
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Tanpa kelamin
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Geschlechtslosigkeit
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

sexlessness
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

sexlessness
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Sexlessness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sexlessness
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

sexlessness
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

लैंगिकता
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

sexlessness
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

sexlessness
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

sexlessness
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

sexlessness
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

sexlessness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sexlessness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sexlessness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sexlessness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sexlessness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sexlessness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEXLESSNESS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of sexlessness
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «sexlessness».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sexlessness

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEXLESSNESS»

Discover the use of sexlessness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sexlessness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Man of Reason: "Male" and "Female" in Western Philosophy
But the idealized sexlessness which the book addresses, although it may seem at odds with the maleness of reason, may also be itself complicit with inherited operations of metaphor. This is a 'sexlessness' which, as many feminists have ...
Emeritus Professor in Philosophy Genevieve Lloyd, Genevieve Lloyd, 2002
2
Transitions Theory: Middle Range and Situation Specific ...
Society's sexual role expectation of sexlessness limits sexual activity in the elderly through restrictive cues based on myths and taboos. Role Conception Role conception is the individual's perception of his or her roles. How a person perceives ...
Afaf Meleis PhD, DrPS (hon), FAAN, 2010
3
Feminist Social Thought: A Reader
The alleged sexlessness of reason is already part of the symbolic structure—a sexlessness that, as many feminist critics have pointed out, is often a covert form of privileging maleness. The idea of the sexless soul coexists with the maleness of ...
Diana Tietjens Meyers, 2014
4
Remembering Generations: Race and Family in Contemporary ...
A moment of "broken skin . . . just before sexlessness" is not the same thing as a moment that stops "before it breaks the skin." It is important to note that Ursa casts this epiphany into a gradation, describing various options from emasculation to ...
Ashraf H. A. Rushdy, 2001
5
The Politics of Color in the Fiction of Jessie Fauset and ...
Essential parts of the plot shape themselves around the disjunction represented by the juxtaposition here of "cool sexlessness" and "needlessly exotic." As in other Fauset texts, this division is made along the color line, Marise (whose body is ...
Jacquelyn Y. McLendon, 1995
6
Monstrous Intimacies: Making Post-Slavery Subjects
In ''a moment of pleasure and excruciating pain at the same time, a moment of broken skin but not sexlessness, a moment just before sexlessness, a moment that stops just before sexlessness, a moment that stops before it breaks the skin,''  ...
Christina Sharpe, 2009
7
New York Magazine
sexlessness,. neurosis. with. passion,. and. passion. is. mistaken. for. emotion. itself . . ." SALES & BARGAINS NOTES ON MARKDOWNS, MONEY-SAVERS, AND RIPOFFS MAGAZINE. Peter SchafTer's Equus has been made into a movie,  ...
8
Masculine Desire: The Sexual Politics of Victorian Aestheticism
The beauty of the Greek statues was a sexless beauty; the statues of the gods had the least traces of sex. Here there is a moral sexlessness, a kind of impotence, an ineffectual wholeness of nature, yet with a divine beauty and significance of ...
Richard Dellamora, 1990
9
Präraphaeliten und Fin de Siècle:
The sexlessness of beauty reflects a latent affinity between the hermaphrodite and many variants of the ideal beloved, and symbolizes a spiritual attitude, a state of ideal self-sufficiency. Given the scepticism implicit in aestheticist idealism,  ...
Lothar Hönnighausen, 1988
10
The Black Female Body in American Literature and Art: ...
A moment of pleasure and excruciating pain at the same time, a moment of broken skin but not sexlessness, a moment just before sexlessness, a moment that stops just before sexlessness, a moment that stops before it breaks the skin:“I  ...
Caroline Brown, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEXLESSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sexlessness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Inside the List
“They prefer to leave a lot of it up to the imagination: more Barbie doll sexlessness, less Anaïs Nin eroticism.”) But with “The Little Paris Bookshop,” new at No. «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Jenny's Wedding: There's a same-sex marriage romcom starring …
How will Heigl and her roommate (Alexis Bledel) manage to tie the knot in spite of their lack of chemistry and sexlessness? We'll find out on 31 July, though the ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
3
'The Overnight' Review: Adam Scott Tries to Get His Groove on in …
Thirtysomething Alex and Emily (Adam Scott and Taylor Schilling) haven't yet succumbed to sexlessness — they're seen boinking in the opening scene — but ... «TheWrap, Jun 15»
4
We Were Mom-BFFs, But I Was Pretty Sure She Had the Perfect Life
... couldn't imagine the emotional havoc brought on by hormonal imbalance, breast-feeding, stalled ambition, clueless spouses, sleeplessness, sexlessness. «New York Magazine, May 15»
5
Togetherness Is a Surprisingly Addictive Show About a Very …
Four adults, tied together by blood, marriage, or friendship, all begin living under one roof, where they filter the sexlessness of marriage, the awkwardness of ... «Slate Magazine, Jan 15»
6
Legal Dilemmas Become Human Drama In Ian McEwan's Latest
Fiona Maye is an English judge of 59 whose husband comes home one evening to announce that because of the current state of near-sexlessness in their long ... «NPR, Sep 14»
7
The Strange Sexlessness of John Carney's 'Begin Again' and 'Once'
In John Carney's charming worldwide hit Once, the redheaded 30-something Irish busker only known as “the guy” finds something deeply romantic and inspiring ... «Flavorwire, Jul 14»
8
UCSB Shooter's Manifesto Shows It Wasn't Just About Women, It …
For another, his manifesto shows that his rage wasn't only about the sexlessness and lovelessness in his life: it was about getting power. And women were just a ... «Bustle, May 14»
9
Barbara Walters' 'View' Reunion: What You Didn't See on TV
Wearing a tuxedo, wiping sweat constantly, he aspired to an air of goofy sexlessness. When he used the cane as a stripper pole, it worked because he seems so ... «TheWrap, May 14»
10
An Accordion Champion with Sex Appeal
All the while, though, the accordion's sexlessness shadows him. “You're carrying a big box. No matter how much you move, it's still not sexy,” says Pesaturo, ... «Eastsidemonthly, Nov 13»
REFERENCE
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