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non-libidoist

non-libidoist adjective: innately having no libido.

Adjective

non-libidoist (not comparable)

  1. Innately having no libido.
    • I'm a non-libidoist, indifferent, aromantic asexual, which means there's no one I'm romantically attracted to ...2013, @thebeardlessone, quoted in Kate Bornstein, My New Gender Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity, unnumbered page
    • I’m sex-averse, non-libidoist, celibate, aromantic, and asexual.2015, Laura, "Asexual community politics and sex aversion", F-ace-ing Silence, Issue 2, January 2015, page 18

Noun

non-libidoist (plural non-libidoists)

  1. A person who innately has no libido, i.e. who does not experience sexual urges or desires.
    • Although the authors in this collection prefer to use the tern "nonlibidoism" and not asexuality, I consider asexuality in a broader sense to include nonlibidoists, or people who are born without any sexual feelings.2010, Eunjung Kim, “How Much Sex Is Healthy?: The Pleasures of Asexuality”, in Jonathan Metzl, Anna Kirkland, editors, Against Health: How Health Became the New Morality, page 167
    • His attraction to her can still fit within the asexual spectrum; Sherlock's attraction to Adler could be an intellectual one he does not feel the need to act upon (i.e., he is a non-libidoist).2016, Amber Botts, “(No) Sex Sherlock: Asexuality, Victorian Abstience and the Art of Ambiguity”, in Lynnette Porter, editor, Who Is Sherlock?: Essays on Identity in Modern Holmes Adaptations, page...

Forms of non-libidoist

Adjective
alternative uncommonnonlibidoist
Noun
pluralnon-libidoists

Origin of non-libidoist

From non- + libido + -ist.

Questions about non-libidoist

What does non-libidoist mean?
Non-libidoist means innately having no libido.
What part of speech is non-libidoist?
Non-libidoist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near non-libidoist in the dictionary

  1. non-lemmas
  2. non-lemmata
  3. non-lethal
  4. non-lethals
  5. non-lexical
  6. non-libidoist
  7. non-libidoists
  8. non-licentious
  9. non-life
  10. non-life-threatening
  11. non-limphoid

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