[hd4]

something in me hopes people here will question the fundamental hypocrisy in the derisive term "involuntary celibate"

[jdlshore]

It’s a name the community chose for itself. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel

[hd4]

Given this is a sociological phenomenon, it makes more sense to give them a more scientific designation even though some of their members may have called themselves in an ironic sense.

"Incel" is now widely used as a negative-connotation catch-all term for young loner men almost with the implication that they chose this life for themselves rather than being denied opportunities by society.

[unsnap_biceps]

While I understand the term fits as "derisive", I'm not understanding why you think it's a hypocritical term. It seems pretty clear that "involuntary" is correct, and a definition for celibate is "having or involving no sexual relations", so that seems to fit as well.

[hd4]

Precisely because it's routinely used to attack them as having agency in the matter of being an "incel".