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volcel

UK/ˈvɒlsɛl//ˈvɑlsɛl/

volcel noun: a person who is voluntarily celibate, i.e., who chooses to avoid sexual activity with other people.

Noun

volcel (plural volcels)

  1. (derogatory, offensive, sometimes, incel slang) A person who is voluntarily celibate, i.e., who chooses to avoid sexual activity with other people.
    • All of these subsets have a shared loathing of “volcels,” otherwise known as voluntary celibates.2018 October 30, Judah Weinerman, “Meet incels, the internet's resident anti-women hate brigades”, in The Justice, Brandeis University, page 11
    • If you are good-looking, or not ugly enough, you are a volcel, a voluntary celibate.2019, Thea Høiland, "Incels and the stories they tell: A narrative analysis of Incels’ shared stories on Reddit", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 89
    Antonyms:
    incel

Antonyms of volcel

Forms of volcel

pluralvolcels

Origin of volcel

From voluntary + -cel.

Questions about volcel

What does volcel mean?
Volcel means a person who is voluntarily celibate, i.e., who chooses to avoid sexual activity with other people.
What part of speech is volcel?
Volcel is a noun.
How do you pronounce volcel?
Volcel is pronounced /ˈvɒlsɛl/ (UK).
What is the plural of volcel?
The plural of volcel is volcels.

Words near volcel in the dictionary

  1. volcanotectonics
  2. Volcanoville
  3. volcans
  4. Volcanus
  5. volcarenite
  6. volcel
  7. volcels
  8. Volchok
  9. Volcy
  10. Volcys
  11. Volcán

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