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'''Incel''' is a [[Donnelly Study#Incel is now a valid academic sociological term|sociological term]] that is short for '''involuntary celibate''' or '''involuntary celibacy''', a common [[Adverse effects of inceldom|adverse]] life circumstance.<ref>Donnelly, Denise; Burgess, Elisabeth; Anderson, Sally; Davis, Regina; Dillard, Joy (2001). [http://cda.morris.umn.edu/~meeklesr/celibacy.html "Involuntary Celibacy: A life course analysis"]. The Journal of Sex Research. 38 (2): 159–169. doi:10.1080/00224490109552083</ref><ref>Shehan, Constance L., ed (February 29, 2016). "Celibacy". [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119085621 The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Family Studies]. 1. John Wiley & Sons. p. 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> The condition of being incel is also called '''inceldom'''. This condition of being ''incel'' is a certain kind of [[nonsexualities|nonsexuality]]. "Incel" is almost exclusively used to designate male incels (makig it a synonyme of "[[malecel]]"); for female involuntary celibates, the term [[femcel]] is used.