quoisexual
English
Etymology
From French quoi (“what”) + -sexual.
Adjective
quoisexual (comparative more quoisexual, superlative most quoisexual)
- (neologism) Being on the asexual spectrum and not understanding the concept of sexual attraction.
- 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, , →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%).
Coordinate terms
sexual orientation adjectivesedit
Derived terms
- quoisexuality
References
- “quoisexual”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.