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'''Incel''' is a [[Donnelly Study#Incel is Now a Valid Academic Sociological Term|sociological term]] that is short for '''involuntary celibacy''', defined in academia as a life circumstance.<ref>journal|title=Involuntary Celibacy: A life course analysis|url=http://cda.morris.umn.edu/~meeklesr/celibacy.html|journal=The Journal of Sex Research|volume=38|pages=159–169|via=</ref><ref>encyclopedia|title=Celibacy|encyclopedia=The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Family Studies|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|date=February 29, 2016|editor-last=Shehan|editor-first=Constance L.|volume=1|page=238|isbn=9780470658451</ref><ref>Carpenter, Laura M. (2010). "Gendered Sexuality Over the Life Course: A Conceptual Framework". Sociological Perspectives. University of California Press. 53 (2): 155–178. doi:10.1525/sop.2010.53.2.155. JSTOR 10.1525/sop.2010.53.2.155</ref><ref>Harvey, John H.; Wenzel, Amy; Sprecher, Susan, eds. (2004). The Handbook of Sexuality in Close Relationships. Mahwah, New Jersey: Taylor & Francis. p. 900. ISBN 9781135624699. Retrieved 2015-12-30.</ref><ref>Strong, Bryan; Cohen, Theodore (2013). The Marriage and Family Experience: Intimate Relationships in a Changing Society. Belmont, California: Cengage Learning. p. 50. ISBN 1133597467. Retrieved 2015-12-30.</ref><ref>journal|A life course analysis|url=http://cda.morris.umn.edu/~meeklesr/celibacy.html|journal=The Journal of Sex Research|volume=38|pages=159–169|via=</ref><ref>encyclopedia|title=Celibacy|encyclopedia=The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Family Studies|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|date=February 29, 2016|editor-last=Shehan|editor-first=Constance L.|volume=1|page=238|isbn=9780470658451</ref><ref>Carpenter, Laura M. (2010). "Gendered Sexuality Over the Life Course: A Conceptual Framework". Sociological Perspectives. University of California Press. 53 (2): 155–178. doi:10.1525/sop.2010.53.2.155. JSTOR 10.1525/sop.2010.53.2.155</ref><ref>Harvey, John H.; Wenzel, Amy; Sprecher, Susan, eds. (2004). The Handbook of Sexuality in Close Relationships. Mahwah, New Jersey: Taylor & Francis. p. 900. ISBN 9781135624699. Retrieved 2015-12-30.</ref><ref>Strong, Bryan; Cohen, Theodore (2013). The Marriage and Family Experience: Intimate Relationships in a Changing Society. Belmont, California: Cengage Learning. p. 50. ISBN 1133597467. Retrieved 2015-12-30.</ref> Involuntary celibacy is also an [[Netherland Government's Model for Combatting Inceldom|internationally recognized medical disability]].<ref>https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/723323/Sexual-partner-fertility-disability-World-Health-Organisation-IVF</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170503151557/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/04/news/04iht-sex_.html</ref>

The condition of being ''incel'' is a certain kind of [[nonsexualities|nonsexuality]].

The term ''involuntary celibacy'' dates back [[Antoine Banier|at least]] to the 17th century. The abbreviated term ''incel'' was introduced in the [[Donnelly Study]] in 2001 and it was first [[Ton den Boon|lexicographically recognized]] in 2018.<ref>https://www.vandale.nl/wvdd-incel</ref> The Donnelly Study defined incels as adults who fail to find a sexual partner for six months or more without choosing so, however, in the [[incelosphere]], there is dispute about this definition because of conceivable loopholes. Incels typically have a low [[dominance hierarchy|dominance status]] ([[Alpha, Beta, Omega|beta or omega rank]]) that the [[pussy cartel]] doesn't approve of.  Their low dominance status is most often due to being [[beauty|ugly]], [[love shy|shy]], [[poorcel|poor]], [[heightcel|short]], [[skinnycel|weak]], [[mentalcel|neurodivergent]], and/or [[medcel|physically ill]] (see [[causes of inceldom]]).

Contrary to perceptions in the media, incel is neither a political movement nor a [[incel community|community]], but a descriptive academic term for a gender-neutral life circumstance. Therefore, incels do not share a belief system, especially not those who do not self-identify as incels.

Incels are politically diverse.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/askanincel/comments/dn62od/political_leanings/?sort=new</ref>

Some incels believe in the [[bluepill]], [[purplepill]], [[blackpill]], or the [[redpill]], while others do not subscribe to any pills. The most common shared beliefs among ''self-identified'' incels are [[determinism|hard determinism]] and that most [[femcel|female incels]] are [[volcel|voluntary celibates]] due to [[libido|men's higher sex drive]].

==Umbrella term==

Since the word ''incel'' is an umbrella term encompassing multiple demographics of people, people who fall under the definition of that word or self-describe as such won't be agreeing on its meaning. As expected, there remains disagreement in the [[incelosphere]] about whether the original definition provided in Donnelly Study is appropriate. [[Bluepill|Bluepillers]] argue in bad faith about such definitions, and say male incels could simply have gay sex or pay for a prostitute and therefore they are [[volcel|volcels]]. Hence, a definition in good faith would include an addition that incels are adults who are overwhelmingly rejected by the ''members of the sex they are sexually attracted to''.