Citations:akoiromantic

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English citations of akoiromantic

Adjective: "(neologism) experiencing romantic attraction only when it is known to be unreciprocated"[edit]

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  • 2016, Christine Feraday, "For Lack of a Better Word: Neo-Identities in Non-Cisgender, Non-Straight Communities on Tumblr", thesis submitted to Ryerson University, page 54:
    Kay is asexual and akoiromantic. For Kay, akoiromantic means that ne rarely experiences romantic attraction, but when ne does, it goes away once ne knows the feeling is reciprocated.
  • 2018, "Kay", quoted in Christine Feraday, "Making a Name for Yourself: Neo-identities and Tumblr", in Youth Mediations and Affective Relations (eds. Susan Driver & Natalie Coulter), page 200:
    As for being akoiromantic, it's like this: To start with, romantic attraction is very rare for me, to the point where I always assumed the people around me were exaggerating how often they had crushes on people.

Adjective: "(neologism) experiencing romantic attraction without a need or desire for reciprocation"[edit]

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  • 2018, Tom Buckland, "Forge Games' Top 5 LGBT+ Characters", Forge Press (University of Sheffield), 16 February 2018, page 19:
    His sexuality could also be interpreted as lithoromantic, akoiromantic or apromantic, considering that he does not want or need the sexual attraction he has for Valbar to be reciprocated, highlighting sub-asexual identity spectrums that don't usually find themselves represented in video games.