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==="Celibacy"===
==="Celibacy"===
One of the upsides in the usage of "celibacy" is that it has a broad enough scope that it includes those who seek only sex, those who seek only romance and those who seek a combination of the two. This means that "involuntary celibacy" is less exclusive than a term such as "involuntary sexual abstinence" which would allude only to sex. Furthermore, [[incelibate]]s, as well as academics who have studied inceldom, often believe that there are societal factors behind inceldom. As such, it becomes succinct to coin a protologism that has societal or cultural undertones. Nobody can argue that the term "celibacy" lacks societal or cultural undertones due to its long tradition in [[Catholicism]].  
One of the upsides in the usage of "celibacy" is that it has a broad enough scope that it includes those who seek only sex, those who seek only romance as well as those who seek a combination of the two. This means that "involuntary celibacy" is less exclusive than a term such as "involuntary sexual abstinence" which would allude only to sex. Furthermore, [[incelibate]]s, as well as academics who have studied inceldom, often believe that there are societal factors behind inceldom. As such, it becomes succinct to coin a protologism that has societal or cultural undertones. Nobody can argue that the term "celibacy" lacks societal or cultural undertones due to its long tradition in [[Catholicism]].


==="Involuntary"===
==="Involuntary"===

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