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aro-ace

adj
/ˈæ.ɹəʉˌæɪs/

Etymology

From aro (clipping of aromantic) + ace (clipping of asexual).

  1. derived from as
  2. derived from as
  3. inherited from as
  4. formed as aro-ace — “aro + ace”

Definitions

  1. Aromantic and asexual.

    • However, when I came out as aro ace, my experience was one of being strongly 'othered'.
    • As an aro-ace college student, Sarah sometimes worries that her friendliness might be taken as flirtation.
    • Vale turned over the rest of the way. "Ash, I'm aro-ace."

  2. A person who is aromantic and asexual.

    • Stidham considers herself an "aroace," or an aromantic asexual.
    • “Oh no you fucking won't, if I don't want said virtue. You'll make yourself scarce, like a good sex-repulsed aroace.”
    • Walking through the world as an aro-ace, I experience a sense of isolation in my own feelings, or lack thereof, towards sex.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA