inceldom

in·cel·dom
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/ˈɪnˌsɛl.dəm/

noun

The state of being an incel.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nouninceldom (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state of being an incel.

    In between all of the blame shifting and backhanded advice, some incels attempt to discuss a solution to their 'inceldom'.

    2017, Ed Pitt, “Sick Sad World”, in Farrago, 1st edition, University of Melbourne, page 29
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    If all men knew the truth about modern gender roles, incels argue, proper gender roles could be restored and their inceldom would be at end.^([sic])

    2018 October 30, Judah Weinerman, “Meet incels, the internet's resident anti-women hate brigades”, in The Justice, Brandeis University, page 11

    An early study on inceldom, published nearly two decades ago, further suggested that involuntary celibacy is likely a combination of timing and both the sequencing and duration of sexual behavior (or lack thereof), and that there are three types of incels, segmented according to different relationship status (Donnelly, et al., 2001).

    2020-04, D. J. Williams, Michael Arntfield, “Extreme Sex-Negativity: An Examination of Helplessness, Hopelessness, and Misattribution of Blame Among 'Incel' Multiple Homicide Offenders”, in Journal of Positive Sexuality, volume 6, number 1, page 35

    The framing of inceldom as an “adverse life circumstance”, repeated across the Wiki, lends credibility to the framing used by incels who wish to dissociate themselves from the common descriptions of incels as a ‘movement’, ‘ideology’ or ‘community’.

    2023 January 28, Meg Roser, Charlotte Chalker, Tim Squirrell, “Spitting out the blackpill: Evaluating how incels present themselves in their own words on the incel Wiki”, in Institute for Strategic Dialogue, page 5

    Synonyms: incelhood, incelism

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nounThe state of being an incel.

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