celibacy syndrome

noun

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.

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Meanings

nouncelibacy syndrome (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesA 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.

Origin

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

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celibacy syndrome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/celibacy%20syndrome

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “celibacy syndrome,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/celibacy%20syndrome.

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