Meanings
- neologismuncountableFear, dislike, or hatred of asexual people and/or human asexuality.
One of the strongest examples of acephobia I've experienced in my life came from a relative.
2023, Michele Kirichanskaya, Ace Notes: Tips and Tricks on Existing in an Allo World, page 1952 more examples
It’s important to talk about asexuality because it’s often an overlooked sexual identity, and acephobia – discrimination against asexual people – is experienced by many asexual people.
2013, Lee Thomas, "LGBTQrazy: A is for…", The Brunswickan (University of New Brunswick), Volume 147, Issue 7, 17 October 2013, page 10Overall, bias against asexuals remained strong even after allotting for social prejudice against single people, confirming that acephobia is distinct from singlism.
2022, Sherronda J. Brown, Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture, page 26Synonyms: acemisia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounFear, dislike, or hatred of asexual people and/or human asexuality.
Origin
From ace (“asexual”) + -phobia.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish ässäfobia, acefobia
- ässäfobiahate or fear of asexuality
- acefobiahate or fear of asexuality
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with acephobia
Cite this entry
acephobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acephobia
“acephobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acephobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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