alloromantic
English
Etymology
From allo- + romantic.
Adjective
Alloromantic people feel romantic love.
alloromantic (not comparable)
- Experiencing romantic attraction. [from 21st c.]
- Synonyms: allo (informal), romantic
- Antonym: aromantic
- 2018, "Blue Ice-Tea", "Ace Mini-Review: 'Love, Simon'", AVENues Newsletters, October-December 2018, page 22:
- In Simon's case, the feeling is resolved by owning up to his gay identity, and he is almost immediately rewarded with a hunky new boyfriend – a rather optimistic ending that may appeal more to alloromantic than to aromantic aces.
- 2019, Katherine Rachlin, "The Intersection of Gender Diversity and Asexuality: Psychotherapy with TGNC Individuals Who Identify as Ace", in Sex, Sexuality, and Trans Identities: Clinical Guidance for Psychotherapists and Counselors (eds. Gary J. Jacobson, Jan C. Niemira, & Karalyn J. Violeta), page 133:
- An alloromantic individual will enjoy activities associated with intimate relationships such as holding hands, kissing, cuddling, emotional intimacy, and commitment.
- 2021, L. C. Mawson, Ethics in Magic, unnumbered page:
- "Do you think it's possible... Do you think two people could fall in love with no physical intimacy?"
- I shrugged. “I mean, alloromantic asexual people must do it, right?”
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:alloromantic.
Noun
alloromantic (plural alloromantics)
- Someone who experiences romantic attraction. [from 21st c.]
- Synonym: allo (informal)
- Antonym: aromantic
- 2018 February 8, Talia Soglin, “Super Ace”, in Yale Daily News:
- “The language and the physicality that are associated with romance and sexuality are not limited to people who are allosexuals or alloromantics,” they said.
- 2021, Chloe O. Davis, “Allosexual”, in The Queens’ English: The LGBTQIA+ Dictionary of Lingo and Colloquial Phrases, Clarkson Potter, →ISBN, page 21:
- Seth: I don’t understand you alloromantics. Love letters, long walks in the park, listening to each other’s heartbeats? No thank you. I am only allosexual.
- 2022 May 17, Alex Brown, “Alex Brown Reviews Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor”, in Locus:
- It is unfortunately not uncommon for allosexuals and alloromantics to see those on the asexuality or aromanticism spectrums as not having valid identities, as needing to be fixed.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:alloromantic.
See also
- allosexual
- asexual