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English
Etymology
From aromantic + -ism or a- + romanticism.
Noun
aromanticism (uncountable)
- The state of experiencing little or no romantic attraction to others and/or desire.
2012 November, anonymous author, “Pandora's box: The stigmas surrounding aromanticism”, in The Scripps Voice, volume 16, number 4,1, Scripps College, page 5:But do orientations like aromanticism deserve to be discussed to the same extent as other, more common non-heteronormative ones?
2013 May, Ela Przybylo, “Producing facts: Empirical asexuality and the scientific study of sex”, in Feminism & Psychology, volume 23, number 2:In other words, the percentage Bogaert identified is not likely very reliable, accurate, or representative and it certainly does not account for the diversity of lived styles of asexuality, ranging from a preference for hugging and kissing to aromanticism […]
- 2014, Joan McDonough, "Asexuality", Reporter (Rochester Institute of Technology), May 2014, page 14:
- Finally, asexuality is not the same as aromanticism; aromantics have little or no romantic attachment or attraction toward others while asexuals may experience romantic attraction and seek out romantic relationships.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aromanticism.
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