Comprehensive List of Romantic Orientations
Romantic attraction is an emotional response that most people often feel that results in a desire for a romantic relationship with the person that the attraction is felt towards.
Romantic attraction also does not go hand in hand with sexual attraction. For example, someone could identify as Bisexual and Homoromantic.
Androromantic -Is someone who is romantically attracted to masculinity, the male sex and male identifying/presenting people.
Aromantic - Is someone who does not feel romantic attraction. Some Aromantic people are open to romance, others can be repulsed. This differs by the individual. This (like Asexuality) also has a spectrum of its own. Labelled the Aro Spectrum, this includes: Aromantic, Demiromantic, Greyromantic Quoiromantic and Cupioromantic.
Biromantic - someone who is romanticlly attracted towards to genders.
Cupioromantic - Is someone who is described as aromantic (people who never experience romantic attraction) who still desire a romantic relationship. Is a subset of aromantic.
Demiromantic - Is someone who only experiences romantic attraction after developing an emotional connection beforehand. Demiromantics do not experience *primary romantic attraction, but they are capable of **secondary romantic attraction.
(SIDENOTE: *Primary attraction is attraction based off of easily available information - looks, smell, etc. It requires very little time, and is more based on first impressions and/or physical features.
**Secondary attraction is attraction that is based on the relationship/emotional connection with another person, and typically develops over longer periods of time. It is more based on the knowledge of a personality and/or shared experiences.)
Frayromantic - Is someone who experiences romantic attraction towards strangers and people you are less familiar with, which fades away when you get to know them more.
Grayromantic - Is someone whose romantic orientation is somewhere between aromantic and romantic.
For example, a gray-romantic may:
- Experience romantic attraction but not very often. But when so, it is usual strong attraction.
- Experience romantic attraction, but not desire romantic relationships.
Gyneromantic - Is someone who is romantically attracted to women.
Homoromantic - Is someone who is romantically attracted towards the same gender.
Lithromantic/Aporomantic/Akoi(ne)romantic - Is someone who can feel a romantic attraction towards others and also enjoy romantic relationships in theory, but not needing that affection to be reciprocated or be in a relationship with the one the feelings are directed towards.
Panromantic - Is someone who is romantically attracted to others regardless of their gender.
Polyromantic - Is someone who experiences romantic attraction towards many gender identities but not all.
Quasiromantic - Is someone who identifies as quasiromantic may see their attraction as non-traditional or may feel it differs from crushes, perhaps a mix between platonic, romantic, aesthetic.
Quoiromantic - Is someone whose romantic orientation is on the aromantic spectrum that describes people who cannot differentiate between platonic and romantic attraction.
Sapioromantic - Is someone who is attracted to intelligence.
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