aroness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

aro +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

aroness (uncountable)

  1. (slang, neologism) The state of not experiencing romantic attraction to others.
    • 2015 September 19, church (@gntmconfessions), Twitter[1]:
      people who believe gintoki's aroness can be 'fixed' really need to reevaluate themselves
    • 2021, Ela Przybyło, “Ace and aro lesbian art and theory with Agnes Martin and Yayoi Kusama”, in Journal of Lesbian Studies, volume 26, number 1:
      While much more work is obviously needed on exploring Martin’s aceness and aroness, I want to suggest that Martin’s assertions suggest that while lesbian, Martin was also aromantic and asexual.
    • 2021 June 15, Glitter's Garden (@GlittersGarden), Twitter[2]:
      Not every aro-spec person is going to experience aroness the exact same way as another.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aroness.

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