Meaning of polyromantic | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Romantically attracted to more than one gender.
   neologism
2. Romantically polyamorous; that is, having multiple romantic relationships.
   neologism

Examples

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

“Within the asexual communinity, one key distinction drawn is between those who experience romantic attraction (romantic asexuals) and those who do not (aromantic asexuals), with individuals in the former group commonly understood as heteroromantic, biromantic, homoromantic or polyromantic.”

“While most people match, being both romantically and sexually on the same section of the spectrums, this is not always the case, creating split-model attractions. Some examples of this are a biromantic heterosexual man, demi-homoromantic ace woman, or pansexual polyromantic non-binary individual.”

“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.”

“The American series You Me Her is being promoted as ‘TV’s first polyromantic comedy”, starring Amy Poehler’s brother Greg.”

“This is because the internalization of the model of monogamy forecloses a lot of self-discovery and self-knowledge. […] Quinn said, for example, “If you want to get really, really specific, I am a demi-polyromantic, polysexual, gender-queer individual.” Quinn defines themselves as “polyamorous and polysexual and polyromantic”: “but I usually just describe myself as queer because that’s so much easier, in addition to being a demi-romantic, which is on the aromantic spectrum.””

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