sexlessness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English sexless

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English sexlessness

From sexless + -ness.

Noun

sexlessness (uncountable)

1. The property of being sexless.
   • 2018 November 13, Kate Julian, “Why Are Young People Having So Little Sex?”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     This brings us to fertility-challenged Japan, which is in the midst of a demographic crisis and has become something of a case study in the dangers of sexlessness.

Synonyms

• asexuality
• genderlessness