Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autochorissexual

/ˌɔ.tə.kɔ.ɹəˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-to-cho-ris-sex-ual
IPA: /ˌɔ.tə.kɔ.ɹəˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/

28

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Experiencing sexual arousal or fantasies disconnected from oneself and/or without an active desire for partnered sexual activity.

Example Sentences

"It is possible that some asexual individuals will also be autochorissexual in that they are not sexually attracted to anyone or anything, but may nonetheless require explicit stimuli to facilitate masturbation to orgasm."
"The fact that some asexuals masturbate, but separate this activity from images of themselves as sexual and from sexual fantasies, supports the notion that some asexuals might be autochorissexual (Bogaert, 2012)."
"For autochorissexual participants, kinks and fetishes were understood as part of an individual’s unique desires and fantasies, which were either undesirable – or impossible – to experience in real-life."

Etymology

Coined by Anthony Bogaert in 2012, from auto- + χωρίς (khōrís, “without”) + -sexual, for a rough meaning of "without-self-sexual."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɔ.tə.kɔ.ɹəˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/
British English: /ˌɔː.tə.kɔː.ɹəˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/

Inflected Forms

more autochorissexual (comparative) most autochorissexual (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

autochorissexualism autochorissexuality

Synonyms

aegosexual

Rhymes With

sexual homosexual bisexual heterosexual transsexual asexual sapiosexual demisexual lumbersexual omnisexual ambisexual technosexual

Questions

How do you pronounce autochorissexual?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɔ.tə.kɔ.ɹəˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/.
What does autochorissexual mean?: Experiencing sexual arousal or fantasies disconnected from oneself and/or without an active desire for partnered sexual activity.
Where does autochorissexual come from?: Coined by Anthony Bogaert in 2012, from auto- + χωρίς (khōrís, “without”) + -sexual, for a rough meaning of "without-self-sexual."

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