Etymology

celibacy syndrome

Today it means: A media hypothesis proposing that a growing number of Japanese adults have lost interest in intimate activity and as a result have lost interest in romantic love, dating and marriage. Full definition →

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From Japanese, セックスしない症候群, sekkusu shinai shōkōgun (literally "no-sex syndrome").

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