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[[Incel]], is an [[Donnelly Study#Incel is Now a Valid Academic Sociological Term|academic sociological term]] that is short for and means, ''''involuntary celibacy'''', a life circumstance.  Specifically, it is the life circumstance of, "single without choosing to be so".  And so it is '''not''' a community, subculture, organized group, movement, or a philosophy.  Individual philosophies like the [[blackpill]] or subcultures like [[4chan]] culture emerge on some, but not all, forums dedicated to involuntary celibates and go in and out of fashion.  [[Inceldom]] was first academically recognized as a sociological phenomenon by the [[Donnelly Study]].  The [[Donnelly Study]] defined incels as '''all''' adults who would not be able to find to find a romantic and sexual partner for free for 6 months or more if they tried, and are celibate.  Most people who self-identify as incel are not [[standardcel]]s as they cannot find *anyone* willing to have sex with them for free.  This wiki is not an extension of any single academic project, forum, or subculture, but rather a cataloging of people, folk theories, scientific theories, and activities that relate in any way to the academic term: "incel".  [[Ton den Boon|The first lexicographer to define "incel"]], defined it as a gender-neutral life cirumstance rather than a subculture. Its unabbreviated form was coined in 1739 by [[Antoine Banier]] in his book on ancient Greek mythology.  Inceldom overlaps but is distinct from '[[sexual frustration]]', in that an involuntary celibate may simply accept their [[incelibacy]] and not feel bad about it.