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celibacy syndrome

celibacy syndrome noun: a media hypothesis proposing that a growing number of Japanese adults have lost interest in intimate activity and as a result have lost interest in romantic love, dating and marriage.

Noun

celibacy syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A media hypothesis proposing that a growing number of Japanese adults have lost interest in intimate activity and as a result have lost interest in romantic love, dating and marriage.

Origin of celibacy syndrome

From Japanese, セックスしない症候群, sekkusu shinai shōkōgun (literally "no-sex syndrome").

Questions about celibacy syndrome

What does celibacy syndrome mean?
Celibacy syndrome means a media hypothesis proposing that a growing number of Japanese adults have lost interest in intimate activity and as a result have lost interest in romantic love, dating and marriage.
What part of speech is celibacy syndrome?
Celibacy syndrome is a noun.

Words near celibacy syndrome in the dictionary

  1. Celias
  2. celibacies
  3. celibacist
  4. celibacists
  5. celibacy
  6. celibacy syndrome
  7. celibatarian
  8. celibatarians
  9. celibate
  10. celibated
  11. celibately

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