• Aromantic

    Origin

    From - + romantic. Compare asexual.

    Full definition of aromantic

    Adjective

    aromantic

    1. Not given to experiencing romantic attraction to others.
      • 2011, Soojin Chang, "Sex is the biggest nothing", The Daily Californian, 28 November 2011:Although there are aromantic asexuals who do not experience the instinctual emotional need to be in a romantic relationship, many asexuals seek monogamous partners and value intimate connections just like sexual people.
      • 2012, Anthony F. Bogaert, Understanding Asexuality, Rowman & Littlefield (2012), ISBN 9781442200999, unnumbered page:However, if she Brontë was asexual, she likely was not aromantic (see chapter 2 for distinction between sex and romance), or at least she had a high-level understanding of romance, as she wrote one of the most intensely romantic novels of her time, Wuthering Heights.
      • 2012, Anonymous, "Pandora's box: The stigmas surrounding aromanticism", The Scripps Voice (Scripps College), Volume 16, Issue 4, 1 November 2012, page 5:No, just because I’m aromantic does not automatically mean I am also asexual (I happen to really like sex).

    Noun

    aromantic

    (plural aromantics)
    1. One who does not experience romantic attraction to others.
      • 1986, Wanda Urbanska, The Singular Generation, Doubleday & Company (1986), ISBN 9780385192644, page 86:Ours is a generation of aromantics, jaded about matters of the heart — often before gaining firsthand experience.
      • 2012, Marina Hale, "The Drop-Down Menu Identity Crisis", Glass Buffalo (University of Alberta), Spring 2012, page 51:Anna is an asexual, aromantic. Before discovering those terms, she assumed herself to merely be unusually disinterested in sex or relationships.
      • 2012, Olivia Gordon, "'The moment I realised I was asexual'", The Telegraph, 12 November 2012:'I let it slip one time at work that I’m an asexual aromantic asexual who is also not interested in making romantic attachments, and they think it’s absolutely hysterical,’ says Jean Wilson, a sales assistant and 63-year-old grandmother from Banbury. 'One of the women I work with said, “I don’t think you’ve met the right man yet.” I said: “Trish, I’m 63. If I haven’t met him by now I don’t think I’m going to.”’

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