akiosexual

• akoisexual, akoinesexual

From akoisexual, itself a common shortening of akoinesexual, which was coined by Tumblr user cisphobeofficial from a- (“lacking, without”) +‎ Ancient Greek κοινή (koinḗ, “common, shared”) + -sexual on 18 May 2014. By metathesis of oi into io, likely due to rebracketing of interconsonantal -o- + -sexual as one element *-osexual. That is, by association with the [x]-o-sexual pattern seen in homosexual, heterosexual, sapiosexual, robosexual, etc.

akiosexual (comparative more akiosexual, superlative most akiosexual)

1. (neologism) Synonym of lithsexual
   • 2014 October 9, Sam, AKA @hunterinabrowncoat, Tumblr‎^[1], archived from the original on 24 January 2026:

     So akiosexual/lithsexual people experience sexual attraction, but do not desire for it to be reciprocated.

   • 2015 May 19, Kalactika, asexuality.org‎^[2], archived from the original on 24 January 2026:

     Its like grayasexual aegosexual cupiosexual and akiosexual fit me good and it makes me happy seeing them all together.

   • 2015 May 22, u/dahliadelinquent, Reddit‎^[3], archived from the original on 24 January 2026:

     I think I've heard that as being defines as akiosexual? maybe? Ive heard a label for it but I can't remember which one it was

   • 2015 December 25, H0miesexual, Urban Dictionary‎^[4], archived from the original on 21 April 2021:

     Akiosexual is when you feel sexual attraction , but as soon as the feeling is returned , They are repulsed

   • 2025 June 13, Randolph C. H. Chan, Fei Nga Hung, “Sexual, Romantic, and Community Experiences of Individuals at the Intersection of Autism and Asexuality”, in Archives of Sexual Behavior, volume 54, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Springer Science+Business Media, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2202, column 1:

     More than two-thirds of the participants identified as asexual (67.3%), followed by graysexual (11.8%), demisexual (10.0%), questioning if asexual/graysexual/demisexual (8.2%), and other identities on the asexual spectrum (e.g., aceflux, aegosexual, akiosexual/lithsexual, apothisexual, and quoisexual) (2.7%).

akiosexual (plural akiosexuals)

1. (neologism) One who is akiosexual.

• Both akoisexual and akiosexual can be traced back to 2014. However, the oldest attestations of the term use the forms akoi- and akoinesexual. Akiosexual is, regardless, relatively common. From most to least used, the order is thus: akoisexual, akiosexual, akoinesexual.

• cisphobeofficial's Tumblr
• Archived link of cisphobeofficial's coinage of akoinesexual and akoineromantic
• Archived link of cisphobeofficial adressing the shortneing of akoinesexual/-romantic to akoisexual/-romantic
• The history section of the Lithosexual page on the Orientation Fandom Wiki adresses the metathesis, stating that the akoine element "morphed into the akiosexual and the most commonly-used term, akoisexual"