Aro-spec Labels & Microlabels
Aro-spec Labels & Microlabels
Abaromantic - An orientation describing one who was once aromantic, but due to trauma of either a romantic or non-romantic variety, has become alloromantic. Abaromantic is only to be used by those who have experienced or are currently experiencing trauma.
Abroromantic - An individual whose romantic attraction is changing or fluid. Abroromantic is sometimes considered part of the Aromantic Spectrum as abroromantic people can sometimes be aromantic or aro-spec.
Acoromantic - An identity on aromantic spectrum that refers to someone who experiences romantic attraction that one wants to act on, but at the same time has a strong aversion to engaging in it due to bad experiences, apprehension, or other misgivings about being involved in romantic relationships or activities involved in a romantic relationship, etc.
Adfecturomantic - Someone whose romantic attraction is affected by one’s neurodivergency, especially fluctuating moods, personality disorders, and effects from PTSD / being a trauma survivor. [For neurodivergent / ptsd / trauma survivors only]
Aegofictoromantic - Aegofictaro for short, is where someone experiences exclusive romantic attraction toward fictional characters. however, it is often experienced from a dissociative third-person perspective, and not from the first person; typically not desiring a romantic relationship.
Aegoromantic/Autochorismantic - A micro-label on the aromantic spectrum that describes those who enjoy the concept of romance but have a disconnection between themself and the subject of romantic fantasies.
Aegoromanticflux - A microlabel on the aromantic spectrum in which one's feelings on the idea of a romantic relationship or romantic concepts varies.
Aflux - A person who fluctuates across all of the a-spectrum. Aflux is intended to be a very broad label about a person's type of attraction fluctuating.
Alicoromantic/Agnoromantic - Defined as someone who knows they are somewhere on the aromantic spectrum, but their romantic orientation does not fit in any aromantic spectrum label.
Aliquaromantic - An aro-spec identity in which one only feels romantic attraction under certain circumstances. Aliquaromantic can be considered an umbrella term, which identities such as demiromantic being included under it.
Alloaegic - Alloaegic is a term for those whose attraction to one gender is not a-spec, but whose attraction to another gender(s) is aego- in nature (aegosexual/aegoromantic/etc.).
Amid - An identity that describes someone that is on the aromantic spectrum and asexual spectrum, while still not being strictly aromantic or asexual. Someone who is a demiromantic and akoisexual lesbian, for example, could call themselves amid.
Anattraction/Aattraction - The combination term of asexual, aromantic, and asensual.
Angled Aroace - An angled aroace is a person that is both ace-spec and aro-spec (though not necessarily strictly aromantic and asexual) who experiences sort form of attraction that they feel is significant enough to warrant a place alongside their aro-spec and ace-spec identities.
Anovelaean - A term for people who "collect" aro-spec identities because just a few terms don't accurately describe their identities.
Apothi aroace - (Can be shortened to Apothi) refers to an aroace person who is both apothisexual and apothiromantic.
Apothiromantic - A micro-label on the aromantic spectrum. It is another word for romance repulsed.
Apresromantic - A romantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum. Someone who is apresromantic experiences romantic attraction only after another attraction is felt.
Aroace - Short for aromantic asexual, is a term that refers to a person who is both aromantic/aro-spec and asexual/ace-spec. Aroace can be used for any individual who identifies with both spectrums.
Aroaceflux - A sexuality where someone is both aceflux and aroflux. Both their sexual and romantic orientation fluctuates, but generally stays on the asexual and aromantic spectrums.
Aroace-jump - An orientation where one is normally allosexual and alloromantic, but one occasionally experiences rare, sudden, and intense spikes of total or near total aromanticism and asexuality for a short amount of time, before returning just as suddenly to one's normal amounts of allosexuality and alloromanticism.
Aroacespike - Someone who is aroacespike normally feels no sexual or romantic attraction, but occasionally feels strong sexual and/or romantic feelings for a short amount of time.
Aroallo - Stands for aromantic allosexual, describes people who are aromantic or aro-spec and also allosexual. They experience sexual attraction but do not experience romantic attraction (or experience limited romantic attraction).
Aroamory - An aro-spec identity where someone exhibits a lack of romantic interest, and does not want a romantic relationship.
Arofluid - When one is fluid between aro-spec orientations.
Aroflux - A romantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum. It is defined as someone whose romantic orientation fluctuates but generally stays on the aromantic spectrum.
Arofog - When one knows that they are arospec, but they can't tell if they ever experience attraction or if they are completely romance repulsed as a result of neurodiversity.
Aro-jump - A romantic orientation where one is normally alloromantic, but one occasionally experiences rare, sudden, and intense spikes of total or near total aromanticism for a short amount of time, before returning just as suddenly to one's normal amounts of alloromanticism.
Aromantic - Aro for short, is defined as someone that feels no romantic attraction. An aromantic person may still feel sexual attraction.
Aromid - An identity that describes someone that is strictly aromantic, but not strictly asexual, while still being on the asexual spectrum. Someone who is aromantic and grey-bisexual, for example, could call themselves aromid.
Aro Neu - Or Neu Aro (expanded to Neutro Aro or Aro Neutral) describes a person on the aromantic spectrum who is neutral on allosexual and asexual. The term is intentionally vague on what "neutral" means. However, it is specified to be inclusive of all arospecs no matter their relationship to attraction.
Aromantic Spectrum - Aro-spec for short, defines people on the aromantic spectrum may lack romantic attraction or feel it so little that they relate more to the aromantic experience.
Arospike - An aro-spec orientation that is defined as someone who usually feels no romantic attraction, but occasionally has rare and sudden spikes of romantic attraction for an amount of time that can vary from a day to a couple of months before returning to one's normal amounts of aromanticism.
Arovague - An a-spec orientation influenced—partially or fully—by one's neurodivergency; for example, autism potentially influencing one's romantic attraction.
Arovagueflux - A combination of aroflux and arovague. The meaning being that one's aro-spec identity is influenced by being neurodivergent, yet it also fluctuates on the aromantic spectrum. It could also be that one's aro-spec identity fluctuates due to neurodivergence.
Arovoid - An aro-spec orientation that defines people who feel neutrally or perhaps don't feel anything about their other orientations- they are solely aromantic. They don't have any other orientation besides their romantic orientation- not sexual, not platonic, not sensual, no other orientations.
Arretaroace - The combination of arretaromantic and arretasexual. An arretaroace individual feels sexual and romantic attraction, or stronger sexual and romantic attraction, to a person who gives them attention. This identity could have been caused by trauma such as neglect, but it is not exclusive to people with trauma.
Arretaromantic - An aro-spec orientation in which one feels romantic attraction to a person who gives them attention.
Atomoromantic - A term for greyromantic people who have only felt romantic attraction to one person. Atomoromantic people may have trouble figuring out the gender(s) they are attracted to because they only have one experience.
Autiaro - An aro-spec identity in which one's autism greatly affects one's romantic orientation/lack of romantic attraction. Autiaro is not autism as an orientation, but rather an aromantic identity that is so heavily affected by or influenced by one's autism, that one's aromanticism and one experience of having autism cannot be unlinked from each other.
Ay - A term for someone who is not allosexual and not alloromantic. It is useful for people who are not necessarily aroace because they don't define themselves using split attraction model. It can also be used by people who are both aro-spec and ace-spec but don't identify as strictly aromantic and/or asexual. It can also be used by anyone who wants an alternative to aroace.
Bellusromantic - A micro-label on the aromantic spectrum defined as having interest in traditionally romantic things, such as kissing or cuddling, but not feeling romantic attraction, and not wanting a romantic relationship.
Caedabaflux - An orientation where one fluctuates between being caed- and aba-, this may be due to the same, ongoing, or different trauma. This orientation is exclusive to those with trauma.
Caedaroace - People who are both caedromantic and caedsexual. This orientation is exclusive to those with trauma.
Caedflux - Someone whose sexual or romantic orientation fluctuates but generally stays on the asexual spectrum or aromantic spectrum. This orientation is exclusive to those with trauma.
Caedromantic - Someone who feels that they were alloromantic at one point, but that has been taken or “cut away” from them due to past trauma. This orientation is exclusive to those with trauma.
Cassromantic - An identity where one feels that one is indifferent to the idea of romanticism, and believes it is not an important part of their identity. A cassromantic individual may be on the aromantic spectrum, but does not have to be.
Creaturomantic - An identity that defines people that are romantically attracted towards characters that one creates (original characters in literature/writing, visual arts, etc.).
Cupioquoiromantic - Combination of the terms cupioromantic and quoiromantic. Someone who is cupioquoiromantic is uncertain of whether they experience romantic attraction but desires a romantic relationship regardless of whether they experience romantic attraction or not.
Cupioromantic - Someone who does not experience romantic attraction but still desires a romantic relationship. Cupioromantic people are typically romance favorable but they do not have to be.
Cupioromanticflux - When someone feels that they are cupioromantic sometimes, but not always.
Cupiroflux - When someone desires and/or likes the idea of a romantic relationship but their level of attraction/desire for the relationship fluctuates.
Delloromantic - Someone who experiences attraction to multiple genders and experiences alloromantic style attraction to some genders, but is demiromantic towards other genders.
Demian - An identity that defines someone that is both demisexual and demiromantic.
Demianro-jump - When one is normally demiromantic, but occasionally experiences rare, sudden, and intense spikes of anromantic feelings, or romance-repulsed feelings, before returning, just as suddenly, to one's normal amounts of romantic attraction.
Demiapresromantic - An orientation that is a combination of demiromantic and apresromantic.
Demiaroacespike - An orientation that is both demiacespike and demiarospike. Someone who is demiaroacespike usually feels no romantic or sexual attraction but occasionally has rare, sudden, and intense spikes of romantic or sexual attraction to people they have a bond with for a short amount of time before returning, just as suddenly, to one's normal amounts of aromanticism or asexuality.
Demiarospike - Someone who usually feels no romantic attraction, but occasionally has rare, sudden, and intense spikes of romantic attraction to people they have a bond with for a short amount of time, before returning, just as suddenly, to one's normal amounts of aromanticism.
Demiflexible - Someone who is mostly demisexual or demiromantic, but occasionally feels attraction to someone who they do not have an emotional connection to.
Demifluxromantic - Someone who is demiromantic but has fluctuating romantic attraction depending on emotional connections.
Demigreyromantic - Someone who is demiromantic and greyromantic.
Demiromantic - Someone who does not experience romantic attraction until they have formed a deep emotional connection with someone.
Demiromanticspike - Someone who is normally demiromantic, and requires a strong emotional connect with someone before feeling romantic attraction. However, they occasionally experience rare cases where they feel romantic attraction without having an emotional connection.
Depriromantic - An orientation and neurosexuality that is somehow effected by having depression. This could mean that the individual that is depriromantic may feel less attraction on days with high depression levels. This term is exclusive to those that suffer/have depression.
Desinoromantic - an aro-spec attraction where one does not experience full-on romantic attraction. They may describe their attraction as "liking but not loving".
Disakoiromantic - Someone who is disakoiromantic may experience the desire to feel romantic attraction from someone else onto themselves, but are unable to reciprocate it due to only being able to experience a different form of attraction, being romance-repulsed, or being aromantic in general.
Dualrose - Someone who is both roseromantic and rosesexual.
Duoroflux - Someone who has space in their heart to be attracted to two people and their romantic attraction to them fluctuates between those two positions.
Duoromantic - Person who has two or more well-defined romantic orientations that they switch between (eg. cupioromantic and frayromantic).
Duraromantic - An identity under the grey-aro spectrum where one rarely experiences romantic attraction, but when one does it lasts for a long time (typically over a year).
Electio AroAce - A person who is aromantic, asexual and does not experience any form of tertiary attraction. Despite this lack of attraction electio aroace desire and seek out relationships, whether this be sexual, romantic, queerplatonic, etc.
Electromantic - A romantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum where distinguishing romantic feelings is difficult due to feelings of being robotic.
Emotuaromantic - A romantic orientation on the aromantic-spectrum where one's romantic orientation is fluid or fluctuating and is affected by one's emotions, mood, and state of mind, but the individual's orientations stay on the aromatic spectrum.
Erasromantic - A romantic identity on the aromantic spectrum in which ones' alloromanticism randomly vanished partially or wholly, whether it be due to trauma (also caedromantic), another reason, or no reason.
Fictoromantic - Also known as fictiromantic or fictionalromantic, is an umbrella term for anyone who experiences exclusive romantic attraction toward fictional characters, a general type of fictional characters, or whose romantic orientation is influenced by fictional characters.
Frayfluid - An aroace identity where one's loss of romantic and sexual attraction fluctuates in intensity, getting weaker the more one gets to know someone, until it fully fades away.
Frayflux - A sexual/romantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum. It is a term to describe somebody who may feel fraysexual and/or frayromantic most of the time, but sometimes can keep an attraction to somebody.
Frayrofluid - An arospec and frayfluid identity where one's loss of romantic attraction fluctuates in intensity, getting weaker the more one gets to know someone, until it fully fades away. Once the romantic attraction fades away completely it doesn't return.
Frayromantic - When someone only experiences romantic attraction towards those that they are not deeply connected with, and lose that attraction as they get to know the person.
Futuraeromantic - Someone who has interest in feeling romantic attraction and/or having a romantic relationship, but has never experienced romantic attraction before, and is unsure of how they feel towards romance.
Grayflexible - One experiences most mild or weak attraction towards most people they are attracted to at all, and only experiences stronger attraction to a few people. Grayflexible is meant to be more specific than grayromantic.
Gray aroace - An orientation on the aroace spectrum which describes those who relate with asexuality and aromanticism, yet feel that there are parts of their experience that aren't fully described by the word aroace.
Grayomniromantic - A romantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum, referring to those who are both greyromantic and omniromantic.
Grayromantic Asexual - Often shortened to Greyro-Ace or GreyroAce, is a term that refers to a individual that is both greyromantic and asexual/ace-spec.
Grayromantic - A romantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum which describes those who relate with aromanticism, yet feel that there are parts of their experience that aren't fully described by the word aromantic.
Grayrose - Also spelled as Greyrose and known as Gray-AroAce, is a term that refers to a person that is both grayromantic and graysexual.
Hyporomantic - Also known as Hypoemphateromantic, is an identity on the aromantic spectrum that refers to someone who does not experience complete romantic attraction because of hypoempathy.
Icularomantic - Also sometimes called icularo or pothiromantic, is a term for someone who is aromantic and romance-indifferent.
Idemromantic - It is described as being able to categorize relationships and feelings as platonic or romantic based on outside factors, but experiencing no notable internal differences between platonic and romantic feelings.
Igcecidimus - A combination of fraysexual/romantic and demisexual/romantic, which means that first, one has an immediate attraction to a person when one first meets them, Then, the attraction starts to fade away as one gets to know them. Next, the attraction comes back as one gets to know them even more.
Inritoromantic - Any type of romantic attraction that intensifies or changes due to a trigger.
No aro-spec identities with the letter "J" have been coined yet (:
Keepromantic - A romantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum in which one may gain feelings for another at any pace, but as soon as the feelings are rejected by the other(s), all romantic interest that was previously felt disappears.
Koinikoromantic - An arospec microlabel describing those who experience romantic attraction towards another individual if they both interact with each other frequently.
Laimoromantic - An aro-spec identity where one is unsure if they're on the aromantic spectrum because they're not sure what romantic attraction is.
Lingerromantic - An aromantic label where one experiences little to no romantic attraction but desires it to be in a romantic relationship, but due to trauma, religion, stories, or simply a "gut-feeling", has an unconditional fear of going into a romantic relationship. Not all Lingerromantic are required to have dealt with stress or trauma to label themselves as it, but do need some form of event or feeling that has temporarily halted the individual in getting into contact with someone romantically.
Lithromantic - someone who may experience romantic attraction, and likes the idea of being in a romantic relationship, but stops experiencing romantic attraction, or does not enjoy it, once they are in a romantic relationship and/or when the attraction is reciprocated.
Llumromantic - A romantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum in which someone experiences romantic attraction without wanting this attraction to be reciprocated, or wanting a stronger bond with those they are attracted to, but if that bond becomes stronger, the romantic attraction may disappear.
Loquiromantic - An aro-spec orientation for when one needs personal interaction with another person before romantic attraction is felt.
Loveless Aromantic - Someone who is on the aromantic spectrum that is in some way disconnected from the concept of love, does not feel love, may doubt that they feel love, or rejects the idea of experiencing love.
Makriaromantic - an identity where someone experiences romantic attraction to someone in their presence or near them, but their attraction amplifies when they're further away and no longer in that individual's presence.
Malneromantic - describes one who is on the aromantic spectrum due to maldevelopment caused by neglect, which can be emotional, social, physical, etc.
Mono-spec - an umbrella term for those who only experience one form of physical/emotional allo-attraction.
Myrromantic - a romantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum in which one experiences multiple aro-spec identities. These identities could rapidly change or they could be experienced at the same time.
Nebularoace - Or nebularose refers to someone who is both nebulasexual and nebularomantic. This label should only be used by neurodivergent individuals.
Nebularomantic - A romantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum when those who are nebularomantic are unable to distinguish the difference between romantic and platonic attraction. The term nebularomantic is exclusive to and should only be used by neurodivergent individuals.
Nocturnalromantic - A term for those who feel that their romantic attraction is stronger at night and weakens at daytime or simply doesn't exist during daytime.
Noetiromantic - A term for when one is only romantically attracted to those they are mentally connected to.
Non-SAM Aromantic - An aromantic person who does not use the split attraction model (SAM). A non-SAM aro is only aromantic and does not identify with any asexual or allosexual identity.
Non-SAM Greyro - A greyromantic-spectrum person who doesn't use the split attraction model (SAM). An non-SAM greyro is a person who is only greyro, they don't use sexual-orientations like asexual and allosexual.
Omniaropomo - When a person is on the aromantic spectrum but is unsure where specifically, and has no preference for the gender of their partner.
Oriented Aro Ace - An aromantic asexual (aroace) individual who experiences a form of tertiary attraction, that they feel is significant enough to warrant a place alongside their aroace orientation.
Panaspec - A descriptor for when ones orientation is strictly a-spec for every type of attraction. This means that one does not feel any type of attraction at any time.
Parofluid - A form of paro- attraction (e.g., parosexual, paroromantic) that is fluid in some way between two or more forms of attraction or orientation, similarly to abrosexual. Ones attraction may be fluid towards some genders but not others, or one's orientation may be fluid while remaining paro- in nature.
Paroromantic - An orientation in which one is attracted to multiple genders and experiences different forms of romantic attraction to the different genders they are attracted to.
Polarromantic - People who switch between strongly feeling romantic attraction to being completely aromantic and/or romance repulsed, with no in between state.
Pomoromantic - Refers to someone who denies or does not fit any labels for a particular kind of romantic attraction. A pomoromantic invidivudal rejects, has an aversion to, or does not fit any romantic orientations such as homoromantic, heteroromantic, biromantic, aromantic, etc.
Post Rubor - Meaning after blush in Latin, is an a-spec identity where one feels attraction quickly but it soon fades after the excitement of having attraction disappears.
Potenromantic - An orientation where someone only feels romantic attraction to those who could potentially be attracted back to them by the definition of their orientation.
Pristroromantic - When one may gain romantic attraction at any pace but they must tell the other their own feelings before the other reciprocates the emotions, or else all previous romantic attraction will be lost.
Proculromantic - An aro-spec identity that describes someone who only feels romantic attraction to people who they're sure they can never be in a relationship with, such as fictional characters, or celebrities.
Prospatheiaromantic - Shortened to prosparomantic, is an aromantic spectrum label where in order to feel romantic attraction, one must first convince oneself that they do or should feel attracted to an individual.
Protlasromantic - A romantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum, similar to orchidromantic, used to describe someone who does not, or does not want to, participate in romantic relationships due to one finding them exhausting/draining of one's energy. One does not have to be aromantic/aro-spec to identify as protlasromantic.
Quadromantic - Feeling romantic attraction towards exactly four genders.
Quartromantic - One who feels romantic attraction after forming a small emotional bond or becomes acquainted with someone.
Quasiromantic - Someone whose attraction is seen as non-traditional or who may feel it differs from crushes, perhaps a mix between platonic, romantic, aesthetic, or somewhere completely different and/or it involves other non-traditional aspects, such as rare attraction, or attraction but non-physical, non-platonic but romantic, etc.
Questian - Also called A?, refers to someone who does not know their sexuality/romantic orientation due to their place in the ace/aro spectrum.
Quoiflux - A mixture of quoi- and -flux, wherein the user feels like they are on the aro or ace spectrum, but their feelings are hard to pin down and determine, and may be influenced by their mood or the day.
Quoiromantic - Not knowing one's romantic orientation or not wanting to define one's romantic orientation.
Reciproflux - When one is sometimes alloromantic and may feel attraction to some individuals right away, but other times is reciproromantic and will only feel attraction if they are certain that the other individual is attracted to them.
Recipromantic - Also known as reciproromantic, a romantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum meaning someone who does not experience romantic attraction unless they know that the other individual is romantically attracted to them first.
Requisromantic - Defined as someone who has limited or no romantic attraction, interest, or activity due to some form of emotional exhaustion.
Rhearomantic - People who are uncomfortable and/or disgusted by romance, while still experiencing romantic attraction.
Roseromantic - A microlabel on the aromantic spectrum in which one wants/enjoys the idea or experience of romantic attraction, but they become romance-repulsed after a short period of time.
Satiaromantic - A romantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum and is a subcategory of quoiromantic. It is also closely related to platoniromantic, idemromantic, caedromantic and requisromantic.
Spadillic - An umbrella term for people who do not experience romantic and sexual attraction or experience them conditionally, weakly, or rarely.
Spectoflux - A term for someone whose orientation fluctuates through different spectrums, but mostly in the aromantic spectrum.
Spineromantic - A romantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum in which one feels an attraction to someone, but as soon as they acknowlege that they are attracted to this person, the attraction fades.
Sporadic-Aro - A term for those on the aromantic spectrum whose romantic attraction does not follow a specific pattern and feels sporadic.
Theoryromantic - An a-spec identity in which one could might be attracted to a certain gender, but is unsure due to not knowing anyone of that gender, never being in a relationship with someone of that gender, or any other reason that would prevent someone from knowing.
Triple Grey - (also known as Greyaroace Greygender, Grey Grey Grey, Gray Gray Gray, GGG, or Triple G) someone who identifies as greyasexual, greyaromantic, and greygender at the same time.
Uniromantic - Also known as unianthroromantic, refers to someone who feels romantic attraction towards one person and one person only, for advanced periods of time, or perhaps one’s whole lifetime.
Unit Aro - An umbrella term for an aro identity experienced as a single unit.
Variflux - An identity where uncertainty due to fluctuations have become an important part of someone's sense of self.
Virasexual - A non-binary sexuality for the attraction to men. This was specifically created as a suffix for a-spec non-binary people.
Vitrumromantic - A Microlabel on the Aromantic Spectrum. It defines the feeling of disconnection or separation from Romantic Attraction.
Vocaromantic - An aro-spec label where someone only is able to be romantically attracted to someone if they find their voice attractive.
Voidromantic - An aro-spec orientation where one's orientation feels hollow or it feels like a void where one's romantic orientation should be.
No aro-spec identities with the letter "W" have been coined yet :)
No aro-spec identities with the letter "X" have been coined yet (:
No aro-spec identities with the letter "Y" have been coined yet :)
Zeloromantic - An aro-spec identity for when one becomes hyperromantic upon initiating a romantic relationship.
Zeroic - An orientation that refers to non-binary individuals who are attracted to no one.
Zinniaro - An identity on the aromantic spectrum where one loses romantic attraction towards an individual after acting on it, whether only once or a few times.