different between asexual vs neutral
asexual
English
Etymology
From a- (“lacking, without”) +? -sexual.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /e??s?k?u?l/
Adjective
asexual (not comparable)
- Nonsexual in nature, unmarked by sexual activity. (Compare Platonic.)
- 2004, Martha Vicinus, Intimate Friends: women who loved women, 1778-1928, page 150:
- The central paradox of Linton's writing was her inability, or unwillingness, to imagine an asexual friendship between women.
- 2004, Martha Vicinus, Intimate Friends: women who loved women, 1778-1928, page 150:
- Not experiencing sexual attraction; lacking interest in or desire for sex.
- 2010, Jerrold S. Greenberg, Clint E. Bruess, Sarah C. Conklin, Exploring the Dimensions of Human Sexuality, fourth edition, pages 357–358:
- Many asexual people experience attraction, but feel no need to act out that attraction sexually. Because they don't see a lack of sexual arousal as a problem to be corrected, asexual people focus their energy on enjoying other types of arousal and pleasure.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:asexual.
- 2010, Jerrold S. Greenberg, Clint E. Bruess, Sarah C. Conklin, Exploring the Dimensions of Human Sexuality, fourth edition, pages 357–358:
- (biology) Lacking distinct sex, lacking sexual organs.
- (biology) Without sexual action; reproducing by some other method than sex.
- asexual reproduction
Synonyms
- (not experiencing sexual attraction): ace (slang), asexy (slang), hyposexual
- (without sexual features): epicene
Antonyms
- allosexual
Coordinate terms
- (sexual orientations) sexual orientation; asexual (-ity, ace), bisexual (-ity, bi), demisexual (-ity, demi), graysexual (-ity), heterosexual (-ity, straight), homosexual (-ity, gay, lesbian), omnisexual (-ity), pansexual (-ity, pan), plurisexual (-ity), polysexual (-ity), robosexual (-ity), sapiosexual (-ity), androsexual (-ity), gynesexual (-ity) (Category: en:Sexual orientations)
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
asexual (plural asexuals)
- (biology) A species which reproduces by asexual rather than sexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.
- 2009, Isa Schön, Giampaolo Rossetti, Koen Martens, Darwinulid Ostracods: Ancient Asexual Scandals or Scandalous Gossip?, published as Chapter 11 of Lost Sex: The Evolutionary Biology of Parthenogenesis, Isa Schön, Koen Martens, Peter van Dijk (editors), page 221:
- 11.2 Demonstrating the Status of Long-Lived Asexuals
- [...] Indeed, if sex has so many advantages, then which special adaptations - if any - allow long-term survival without it? However, the main task of the research teams dealing with such putative ancient asexuals has thus far been to demonstrate that their respective groups (mainly bdelloids, darwinulids and certain lineages within orbatid mites) indeed merit the status.
- 2009, Isa Schön, Giampaolo Rossetti, Koen Martens, Darwinulid Ostracods: Ancient Asexual Scandals or Scandalous Gossip?, published as Chapter 11 of Lost Sex: The Evolutionary Biology of Parthenogenesis, Isa Schön, Koen Martens, Peter van Dijk (editors), page 221:
- A person who does not experience sexual attraction; a person who lacks interest in or desire for sex.
- (rare) Something which does not have a sex, or a word which refers to such a thing.
- 1936, The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, volume 35, page 323:
- […] The masculine forms are used to a considerable extent in congruence with etymologically masculine nouns; also with etymologically feminine asexuals; e.g. se stefn L 9, 36; [...] The neuter forms are used with etymologically neuter nouns; with etymologically masculine asexuals; e.g. þ cyrtil L 6, 29; J 19, 23; þ penning L 20, 24; b?am (Lindelof p. 9) ; st?n (Lindelof p. 11); and with etymologically feminine asexuals; e.g. [...]
- 1936, The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, volume 35, page 323:
Antonyms
- allosexual
See also
- (romantic orientations) romantic orientation; aromantic (-ism), biromantic (-ism), demiromantic (-ism), heteroromantic (-ism), homoromantic (-ism), panromantic (-ism), transromantic (Category: en:Romantic orientations)
- fission, gemmation
Catalan
Adjective
asexual (masculine and feminine plural asexuals)
- asexual
Noun
asexual m or f (plural asexuals)
- asexual
Antonyms
- sexual
Related terms
- asexualitat
Galician
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
asexual m or f (plural asexuais)
- asexual
Noun
asexual m or f (plural asexuais)
- asexual
Antonyms
- sexual
German
Etymology
a +? sexual.
Adjective
asexual (not comparable)
- (uncommon) asexual
Declension
Related terms
- asexuell
Further reading
- “asexual” in Duden online
Romanian
Etymology
English asexual
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aseksu?al]
Adjective
asexual m or n (feminine singular asexual?, masculine plural asexuali, feminine and neuter plural asexuale)
- asexual
Declension
Noun
asexual m (plural asexuali)
- asexual
Declension
Related terms
- asexualitate
Spanish
Etymology
a- +? sexual
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
asexual (plural asexuales)
- asexual
Derived terms
- asexualidad
- asexualmente
Noun
asexual m or f (plural asexuales)
- asexual
Further reading
- “asexual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
asexual From the web:
- what asexual reproduction
- what asexually reproduces
- what asexual reproduction in plants
- what asexual am i quiz
- what asexual are you quiz
- what asexual propagation
- what asexual reproduction is planaria
- what asexual method is earthworms
neutral
English
Etymology
From Middle French neutral (compare modern French neutre), from Latin neutralis.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?nju?t??l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?nu?t??l/, [?nu?t????l]
Adjective
neutral (comparative more neutral, superlative most neutral)
- Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned.
- Favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate; unbiased.
- 1711, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times
- The heart can not possibly remain neutral, but constantly takes part one way or the other.
- 1711, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times
- (grammar) Neither positive nor negative.
- Neither beneficial nor harmful.
- c. 1600, Sir John Davies, The Original, Nature, and Immortality of the Sou
- Some things good, and some things ill, do seem, / And neutral some, in her fantastic eye.
- c. 1600, Sir John Davies, The Original, Nature, and Immortality of the Sou
- (biology) Having no sex; neuter.
- Having no obvious colour; gray
- (physics) Neither positive nor negative; possessing no charge or equivalent positive and negative charge such that there is no imbalance.
- (chemistry) Having a pH of or near 7, neither acidic nor alkaline.
Synonyms
- (neither beneficial nor harmful): innocuous
Derived terms
- carbon-neutral, carbon neutral
- neutral section
Translations
Noun
neutral (plural neutrals)
- A nonaligned state, or a member of such a state.
- A person who takes no side in a dispute.
- An individual or entity serving as an arbitrator or adjudicator.
- A neutral hue.
- The position of a set of gears in which power cannot be transmitted to the drive mechanism.
- An electrical terminal or conductor which has zero or close to zero voltage with respect to the ground.
Translations
Anagrams
- Renault, run late, unalert, unalter
Catalan
Adjective
neutral (masculine and feminine plural neutrals)
- neutral
Danish
Adjective
neutral
- neutral
Inflection
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n????t?a?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
neutral (comparative neutraler, superlative am neutralsten)
- neutral
Declension
Further reading
- “neutral” in Duden online
Spanish
Alternative forms
- neutro
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neu?t?al/, [neu??t??al]
Adjective
neutral (plural neutrales)
- neutral
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ne???tr??l/
Adjective
neutral
- neutral
- (grammar) intransitive
Declension
Related terms
- neutralisera
- neutralitet
References
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- what neutralizes acid
- what neutralizes stomach acid
- what neutralizes battery acid
- what neutralizes dog urine
- what neutralizes cat urine
- what neutralizes pepper spray
- what neutralizes ammonia
- what neutralizes muriatic acid
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