English

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Etymology

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From incel +‎ -o- +‎ sphere.

Noun

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incelosphere (plural incelospheres)

  1. (Internet, neologism) The online communities where incels communicate.
    • 2022 October 30, Mark Townsend, “Experts fear rising global ‘incel’ culture could provoke terrorism”, in The Guardian[1], retrieved 3 December 2023:
      Almost 1,000 references to dehumanising misogyny or violent action are recorded each day in the “incelosphere” as the toxicity of male supremacist content continues to intensify.
    • 2023 June, Lewys Brace, Stephane J. Baele, Debbie Ging, “Where do ‘mixed, unclear, and unstable’ ideologies come from? A data-driven answer centred on the incelosphere”, in Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism[2]: