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biromantic

noun

  1. romantic attraction towards person(s) of two or more genders (biromanticism)
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adjective

  1. romantically attracted to two or more genders
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪ.ɹəʊˈmæn.tɪk/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus 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 biromantic From bi- + romantic.

  1. Romantically attracted to both males and females.

    Now that he's thought longer about it, Michael also likes to describe himself as "biromantic". He is keen to have a romantic relationship with either a man or a woman.

    So, for example, it is not unusual for an asexual person to say that he is asexual but bi'''romantic, or that she is asexual but heteroromantic.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus 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 biromantic From bi- + romantic.

  1. One who is romantically attracted to both males and females.

    Within this group of romantic asexuals, orientation varies: heteroromantics only feel romantic attraction to the opposite sex, homoromantics to the same sex, biromantics to both sexes and panromantics without reference to sex or gender.

    For my part, I decided this year not to mention allies in the laundry list of identities represented (I also didn't mention heteroflexible biromantics), underscoring the Sisyphean task of creating an inclusive list of identities.