celibacy syndrome

English

Etymology

From Japanese, セックスしない症候群, sekkusu shinai shōkōgun (literally "no-sex syndrome").

Noun

celibacy syndrome (uncountable)

1. (sociology) A media hypothesis proposing that a growing number of Japanese adults have lost interest in intimate activity and as a result have lost interest in romantic love, dating and marriage.

See also

• freeter
• herbivore man
• hikikomori
• lying flat