incel
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English
Etymology
Blend of involuntary celibate. Coined by "Alana" in 1997 on an online forum (originally as invcel).[1] Came to widespread usage in the mid-2010s, chiefly online.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪnˌsɛl/
Audio (Southern England); [ˈɪ̃nˌtsɛɫ]: (file) - Rhymes: -ɪnsɛl
Noun
incel (countable and uncountable, plural incels)
- A member of an online subculture of people (mostly men) who define themselves as unable to find a romantic or sexual partner despite desiring one.
- 2017 November 9, Christine Hauser, “Reddit Bans ‘Incel’ Group for Inciting Violence Against Women”, in The New York Times[2]:
- It is not clear when the term incels was coined, but the link between misogyny and violence against women has emerged on sites where incel communities gather.
- 2018 May 15, Jia Tolentino, “The Rage of the Incels”, in The New Yorker[3]:
- The incel ideology has already inspired the murders of at least sixteen people. Elliot Rodger, in 2014, in Isla Vista, California, killed six and injured fourteen in an attempt to instigate a “War on Women” for “depriving me of sex.”
- 2018, Alex Hern, Who are the 'incels' and how do they relate to Toronto van attack?, The Guardian:
- (rare) An individual who is not sexually active despite having such a desire.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:incel
- Antonym: volcel
- Hyponyms: AFChick, femcel
- 2009, Luisa Dillner, Love by Numbers: The Hidden Facts Behind Everyone's Relationships, Profile Books, published 2009, →ISBN, page 153:
- Another study by Donnelly of seventy-seven incels in marriages or long-term relationships in the Journal of Marriage and Family used a web-based questionnaire to ask people why they stayed in their sexless relationships (defined in this case as no sex for six months).
- (uncountable, seduction community, informal) "Involuntary celibacy": the state of being not sexually active despite wishing to be.
- Synonyms: incelibacy, love-shyness, fuckstration, AFCdom, AFCness
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Translations
member of an online subculture unable to find a romantic or sexual partner
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Adjective
incel (not comparable)
- (seduction community) Not having sexual relations despite wishing to.
- Hypernym: love-shy
- 2001 May 30, Gra - gra, “I love you!”, in alt.support.shyness (Usenet):
- People who are 'incel' are often suspected as being gay. It's annoying.
See also
- MGTOW (neologism)
- nice guy syndrome
- orbiter
References
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English incel. First attested in 2018.
Pronunciation
Noun
incel (singular definite incellen, plural indefinite incels)
- (neologism) incel
- 16 August 2021, Laura Byager Rabøl, Massemorder havde “spist den sorte pille” - hvor farlige er incels?, TV2 Nyheder:
- På grund af sin internetaktivitet og særligt sin nu lukkede Youtube[sic]-kanal kædes Jake Davison i de britiske medier sammen med incel-miljøet – et online miljø for især unge mænd, der lever i ufrivillig cølibat og bekender sig til en kvindefjendsk ideologi.
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- 16 August 2021, Laura Byager Rabøl, Massemorder havde “spist den sorte pille” - hvor farlige er incels?, TV2 Nyheder:
Further reading
- “incel” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
incel m (plural incels)
- (neologism) incel
- 2018, Sacha Kester, “Wie hoopt er op een ‘incel’-revolutie? Seksueel gefrustreerde mannen stoken elkaar op internet op”, in Volkskrant:
- De incels vinden dat de samenleving onaantrekkelijke, heteroseksuele mannen tekortdoet en hebben een hartgrondige hekel aan vrouwen.
- The incels believe that the society disadvantages unattractive, heterosexual and have a wholehearted hatred for women.
- 2018, Frank Kuin, “Moorden door gefrusteerde vrouwenhaters”, in NRC:
- Mannen die zichzelf identificeren als incels „kunnen geen seks krijgen, hoewel ze dat wel willen”, wordt uitgelegd op de website incels.me, een van de belangrijkste internetforums van de beweging, naast 4chan en Reddit.
- Men who identify themselves as incels „can't get sex, although they want to”, is explained on the website incels.me, one of the most important internet forums of the movement, alongside 4chan and Reddit.
- 2018, Dirk Waterval, Ook Nederlandse mannen actief op forum voor radicale vrouwenhaters, Trouw:
- Sommigen dromen over een opstand waarin de incels seks met geweld afdwingen, anderen fantaseren eerder over massale schietpartijen als vergelding.
- Some dream of an uprising in which the incels enforce sex by force, others fantasize more about massive shootings as retaliation.
French
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English incel.
Pronunciation
Noun
incel m (plural incels)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English incel. First attested in 2017.
Pronunciation
Noun
incel m (invariable)
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English incel.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛw
- Hyphenation: in‧cel
Noun
incel m or f by sense (plural incels or (rare) incéis)
Adjective
incel m or f (plural incels or (rare) incéis)
- (Brazil, neologism) incel
- 2022 March 18, Gustavo Pinheiro, 0:17 from the start, in O Incel que PIROU... [The Incel that went NUTS...][4], Guarulhos: Stackz, via YouTube, archived from the original on 2023-03-23:
- Se você está há tempo suficiente na internet, provavelmente você já ouviu falar na comunidade incel [...]
- If you've been on the internet long enough, you've probably heard of the incel community [...]
Turkish
Verb
incel
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