Polyromantic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Romantically attracted to more than one gender. neologism

    "Romantic relationships are also found on a spectrum, ranging from non-romantic/aromantic to polyromantic, including homoromantic, heteroromantic, biromantic panromantic, et cetera."

  2. 2
    Romantically polyamorous; that is, having multiple romantic relationships. neologism

    "Being polyamorous isn't inherently wrong. Neither is desiring threesomes or kinky sex. […] The other misconceptions, the ones that sexualize us, need to stop too, but in stopping those, we mustn't shame the bisexual folks who do prefer a polyromantic or sexually-explorative lifestyle."

Example

More examples

"Romantic relationships are also found on a spectrum, ranging from non-romantic/aromantic to polyromantic, including homoromantic, heteroromantic, biromantic panromantic, et cetera."

Etymology

From poly- + romantic. Compare polysexuality.

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