Meanings
alternative uncommon nonlibidoist
- not comparableInnately having no libido.
I’m sex-averse, non-libidoist, celibate, aromantic, and asexual.
2015, Laura, "Asexual community politics and sex aversion", F-ace-ing Silence, Issue 2, January 2015, page 182 more examples
I'm a non-libidoist, indifferent, aromantic asexual, which means there's no one I'm romantically attracted to ...
2013, @thebeardlessone, quoted in Kate Bornstein, My New Gender Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity, unnumbered pageI figured out I was a non-libidoist, sex-averse, asexual—who was also kissing-averse—and immediately ended my relationship with my boyfriend.
2017, Emily Karp, "An Asexual Awakening", Asexual, Volume 1, Issue 3, Fall 2017, page 10
plural non-libidoists · alternative uncommon nonlibidoist
- A person who innately has no libido, i.e. who does not experience sexual urges or desires.
According to my lawyer, who held a thick Physicians' Desk Reference in his hand, Tieresse was a nonlibidoist—someone who got no pleasure from sex.
2019, David R. Row, Confessions of an Innocent Man, page 592 more examples
Although the authors in this collection prefer to use the tern "nonlibidoism" and not asexuality, I consider asexuality in a broader sense to include nonlibidoists, or people who are born without any sexual feelings.
2010, Eunjung Kim, “How Much Sex Is Healthy?: The Pleasures of Asexuality”, in Jonathan Metzl, Anna Kirkland, editors, Against Health: How Health Became the New Morality, page 167His attraction to her can still fit within the asexual spectrum; Sherlock's attraction to Adler could be an intellectual one he does not feel the need to act upon (i.e., he is a non-libidoist).
2016, Amber Botts, “(No) Sex Sherlock: Asexuality, Victorian Abstience and the Art of Ambiguity”, in Lynnette Porter, editor, Who Is Sherlock?: Essays on Identity in Modern Holmes Adaptations, page 173
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