biromantic

adj
/ˌbaɪ.ɹəʊˈmæn.tɪk/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Vulgar Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Vulgar Latin -nus Vulgar Latin -ānus Vulgar Latin rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Vulgar Latin -icus Vulgar Latin rōmānicus Vulgar Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic English biromantic From bi- + romantic.

  1. derived from -iquebor

Definitions

  1. Romantically attracted to both males and females.

    • Now that he's thought longer about it, Michael also likes to describe himself as "biromantic". He is keen to have a romantic relationship with either a man or a woman.
    • So, for example, it is not unusual for an asexual person to say that he is asexual but bi'''romantic, or that she is asexual but heteroromantic.
    • Though some people identify as aromantic, others identify as heteromantic, homoromantic, biromantic and everything in between.
  2. One who is romantically attracted to both males and females.

    • Within this group of romantic asexuals, orientation varies: heteroromantics only feel romantic attraction to the opposite sex, homoromantics to the same sex, biromantics to both sexes and panromantics without reference to sex or gender.
    • For my part, I decided this year not to mention allies in the laundry list of identities represented (I also didn't mention heteroflexible biromantics), underscoring the Sisyphean task of creating an inclusive list of identities.
    • Panromantics, unlike biromantics, will tend to feel that their partner's gender does little to define their relationship.

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