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English
Etymology
From andro- + romantic.
Adjective
androromantic (not comparable)
- Romantically attracted to men, male-identified persons, or masculinity.
- Coordinate term: gyneromantic
2016, Sarah M. Steelman, Katherine M. Hertlein, “Underexplored Identities: Attending to Asexuality in Therapeutic Contexts”, in Journal of Family Psychotherapy, volume 27, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, page 89:There are also romantic identities that exist outside of the gender binary and consist of: androromantic (attracted to male-identified persons), gyneromantic/gynoromantic (attracted to female-identified persons), and transromantic (attracted toward transgender persons, i.e., male-to-female or female-tomale individuals).
2019 May 27, Anna Jastrzembska, From invisibility to political witch-hunt: The influence of everyday marginalization on the sense of Polish and European belonging among the LGBTQ+ minority in Poland (Master's Degree thesis), Lund University – Masters of Arts Program in European Studies, page 30:Gabriel – androromantic178 gender-queer half-Pole, half-Mexican. Grew up in Mexico City, moved to Kraków to attend university (Slavic languages).
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