Meaning of demisexual | Babel Free

Definitions

Sexually attracted to people only after a strong emotional bond has been formed.

Equivalents

Examples

“Some people may identify as asexual for a period and then decide that they are in fact demisexual, or even sexual.”

“Some think of themselves as demisexual, only able to feel attraction when a very strong emotional bond already exists.”

“In asexual / ace communities in the past few years, there has been an enormous increase in prominence of people identifying as gray-A and as demisexual, with ‘ace’ now sometimes being used as an umbrella term.”

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