incelism

English

Etymology

incel +‎ -ism

Noun

incelism (uncountable)

1. The state of being an incel; inceldom.
   • 2019, Ramani S. Durvasula, "Don't You Know Who I Am?", page 314:

     Incelism tends to generalize beyond just a disdain for women and reflects a general contempt for the world at large.

   • 2021 September 17, Eve Hebron, “How gen Z women are tackling gaslighting and abuse one TikTok at a time”, in SCREENSHOT Media‎^[1]:

     Incelism or 'involuntary celibacy' culture is on the rise, with online radicalisation being the main cause of this, and attacks of terror from such groups are becoming more common.

2. The ideology or philosophy associated with incels.
   • 2020, Chris Wilson, “Nostalgia, Entitlement and Victimhood: The Synergy of White Genocide and Misogyny”, in Terrorism and Political Violence:

     The language of incelism is common among white nationalist groups, particularly online where men joke about rape, vent their suspicion of false rape accusations and discuss women in degrading and violent terms.

   • 2021, Hugo Engholm, "The lack of looks: A study on the Incel ideology of Incelism during the 2010s–2020s and its relation to historical and contemporary ideologies particularly within far right milieus", thesis submitted to the University of Uppsala, page 13:

     This entails that some men who have previously adhered to exclusively far-right ideas or a specific ideological position can transition from that to Incelism or vice versa.

   • 2022 April 27, Andrew Tettenborn, “A death sentence for freedom online”, in The Critic Magazine‎^[2]:

     Other individuals called for specific restrictive provisions about matters such as misogyny, incelism, fraud, self-harm and the like.