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[[File:Henri.jpg|thumb|250x250px|right|<center></center>|link=Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec|[[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]], a [[protocel]].]]
[[File:Percent_of_us_12th_graders_who_have_ever_dated.png|thumb|300x250px|right|<center></center>|link=Demographics of inceldom|The percent of high school students who date is plummeting.]]
'''[[Incel]]''' is an academic sociological term that is short for '''involuntary celibate''' (a person suffering involuntary celibacy) or '''involuntary celibacy''', a [[adverse effects of inceldom|negative]] life circumstance. An analogy many incels often find elucidating would be comparing the state of lifelong inceldom to commonly recognized life adverse circumstances, such as [[Pauper|poverty]].
Inceldom was recognized in academia as a sociological phenomenon in the landmark [[Donnelly study]] published in 2001. Many further peer-reviewed academic papers have since been written, portraying involuntary celibacy as a harmful life circumstance rather than exclusively describing a specific internet subculture. 

Academic researchers who have examined involuntary celibacy (though not all use that exact term) include: [[Denise Donnelly]], [[Elizabeth Burgess]], [[Laura Carpenter]], [[Theodor F. Cohen]], and [[Menelaos Apostolou]]. [[Brian Gilmartin]] also conducted extensive research into the closely linked concept of [[love shy|love shyness]]. The initial study explicitly dealing with the topic of involuntary celibacy, the Donnelly study, defined incels as all adults who fail to find a sexual partner for six months or more, despite their desire for one. However, among [[Incelosphere timeline#2020s|self-identified incels]], there is often fervent disagreement about the exact definition of what an incel is. 

This wiki takes the stance, in agreement with the early academic research into the topic, that incel is not a movement or a community, but a gender-neutral life circumstance. Incels, both self-identified and not, are [[Demographics of inceldom|highly diverse politically, racially, religiously, and socioeconomically]]. 

[[Incelosphere|Online communities of self-described incels]] are also extremely diverse in terms of racial/ethnic make-up, political beliefs, and user's views on the ultimate [[causes of involuntary celibacy]] and the possible solutions proposed to alleviate this circumstance. This user diversity in origin and ideology is precisely what one would expect for communities organized around a life circumstance, rather than any concrete ideology.

No philosophy or subculture represents all incels. Involuntarily celibacy is also by no means uncommon, either [[Incel#Incels_in_history|throughout history]] or in contemporary societies. For instance, among American millennials,
[[Demographics_of_inceldom#Adult_inceldom_in_the_U.S.|15-30% are incels]], roughly [[Demographics_of_inceldom#Adult_inceldom_in_the_U.S.|51% do not have a steady partner]], roughly [[Scientific_Blackpill#30.25_of_millennials_are_often_or_always_lonely_and_22.25_have_no_friends|30% are often or always lonely, and roughly 22% have no friends]].

Current prominent incel forums include: [[Incels.is]], [[love-shy.net]], and [[/r/foreveralone]]. Current prominent incel-adjacent forums include [https://looksmax.org Looksmax]. No mass-shooters or other criminals identified by the media as 'incels', or that self-described as such, are known to have been primarily motivated to commit their crimes by online communities devoted to involuntary celibacy. Some of these individuals visited [[4chan]], [[PUAhate]] and [[/r/MGTOW]] which were/are not [[incel communities]]. The Incel Wiki does not condone the violence committed by these individuals.
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*[[Inceldom]]
*[[List of incel forums|List of Incel Forums]]
*[[Incelosphere timeline|Timeline of the Incelosphere]]
*[[Demographics of inceldom|Demographics of Inceldom]]
*[[Glossary|Glossary]]
*[[Inceldom FAQ|FAQ]]
*[[Definition of incel]]
*[[:Category:Notable Incels|Notable incels]]
*[[:Category:Incelists|Incel Activists]]
*[[Adverse effects of inceldom]]
*[[Causes of celibacy]]
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<p style="margin-left: 8px;">'''Manosphere-related'''</p>
*[[MGTOW|Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW)]]
*[[PUA|Pickup Artists (PUA)]]
*[[MRA|Men's Rights Activists (MRA)]]
*[[TFL|True Forced Loneliness (TFL)]]
*[[Template:Defunct Incel Forums|Defunct Incel Forums]]
<p style="margin-left: 8px;">'''Foreign-language'''</p>
*[[Absolute Beginners|German Incelosphere (Absolute Beginners)]]
*[[Italian incelosphere|Italian Incelopshere]]
*[[:Category:Japanese Incelosphere|Japanese Incelosphere]]
*[[French incelosphere|French Incelosphere]]
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*[[:Category:Poems|Self-recorded poems]]
*[[Incel Comics|Comics]]
*[[Incel-themed games]]
*[[Incel-themed songs]]
*[[:Category:Documentaries|Documentaries]]
*[[:Category:Books|Books]]
*[[:Category:Movies|Movies]]
*[[:Category:Music|Music]]
*[[:Category:Reporters|Press]]
*[[:Category:TV Series|TV Series]]
*[[:Category:Incelology|Academia]]
*[[:Category:Essays|Essays]]
*[[:Category:Incel Biographies|Written biographies]]
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*[[Hypergamy]]
*[[Scientific Blackpill]]
*[[Marriage]]
*[[Feminism]]
*[[Beauty]]
*[[Behavioral sink]]
*[[Chad]]
*[[Dark triad]]
*[[Slut]]
*[[Body attractiveness]]
*[[Physiognomy]]
*[[Fisherian runaway]]
*[[IQ]]
*[[:Category:Pills|Pills]]
*[[:Category:Aesthetics|Aesthetics]]
*[[:Category:Theories|List of theories]]
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*'''[[Special:WantedPages|List of Wanted Pages]]'''
*'''[[:Category:Stub|Improving Stubs]]'''
*'''[[Incel_Wiki:To-do_list|To-do list]]'''
*Add more reporters
*Saving [[:Special:LonelyPages|orphaned pages]]
*Archiving video/audio to rely less on YouTube links
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*[[Editing rules, account creation, and other info|Editing rules and account creation]]
*[[General discussion|General article discussion]]
*[[Disclaimer|Incel Wiki Disclaimer]]
*[[Incel_Wiki:About|About the Incel Wiki]]
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