androromantic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌændɹəʊɹəʊˈmæntɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /ˌændɹoʊɹoʊˈmæntɪk/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Hellenic *anḗr Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)der. English andro- Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin rōmānicus Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic English androromantic From andro- + romantic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Romantically attracted to men or masculinity.
There are also romantic identities that exist outside of the gender binary and consist of: androromantic (attracted to male-identified persons), gyneromantic/gynoromantic (attracted to female-identified persons), and transromantic (attracted toward transgender persons, i.e., male-to-female or female-to-male individuals).
2016, Sarah M. Steelman, Katherine M. Hertlein, “Underexplored Identities: Attending to Asexuality in Therapeutic Contexts”, in Journal of Family Psychotherapy, volume 27, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, page 89:Gabriel – androromantic¹⁷⁸ gender-queer half-Pole, half-Mexican. Grew up in Mexico City, moved to Kraków to attend university (Slavic languages).
2019 May 27, Anna Jastrzembska, From invisibility to political witch-hunt: The influence of everyday marginalization on the sense of Polish and European belonging among the LGBTQ+ minority in Poland (Master's Degree thesis), Lund University – Masters of Arts Program in European Studies, page 30: