Alterous
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Pertaining to or characterized by alterity (otherness, the entity in contrast to which an identity is constructed); other. not-comparable
"The appeal from things is an appeal to abandon oneself to things, to give oneself to alterous relations, and therefore to make of oneself a gift, […] How to celebrate things in their alterity becomes the ethical question waiting for an answer."
- 2 Pertaining to or characterized by an attraction to someone which is intermediate between platonic and romantic. not-comparable
"These attractions might include, but are not limited to: sexual, romantic, platonic, aesthetic, and alterous attractions."
Example
More examples"The appeal from things is an appeal to abandon oneself to things, to give oneself to alterous relations, and therefore to make of oneself a gift, […] How to celebrate things in their alterity becomes the ethical question waiting for an answer."
Etymology
From or related to alter(ity) + -ous.
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