incel

American  

[in-sel] / ˈɪnˌsɛl /

noun

1. a member of an online subculture of men who want to have sex but are unable to find sexual partners, typically blaming women or hating people who are sexually successful (often used attributively).

   Perhaps unsurprisingly, contemplation and discussion of suicide features prominently on incel forums.

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Etymology

Origin of incel

First recorded in 1990–95; earlier INVCEL, short for involuntarily celibate

Example Sentences

The teenager, who had been diagnosed with autism and previously attended a special school, was immersed in online "incel" culture - referring to mostly men who consider themselves "involuntarily celibate" due to social or physical handicaps.

From BBC

"It's quite easy to make a version of that story where he's a sort of toxic incel male conspiracy theorist nut who you don't really sympathize with," he told AFP.

From Barron's

"I think I might be an incel."

From BBC

"The incel line doesn't sum the play up at all," says Freeman.

From BBC

In fact, the 35-year-old actor says he finds it "reductive how society pigeonholes a piece of art straight away", referencing how some people have focused too much on the incel culture aspect of the play rather than "seeing it as two people talking very openly".

From BBC