polyromantic

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ romantic. Compare polysexuality.

Adjective

polyromantic (comparative more polyromantic, superlative most polyromantic)

1. (neologism) Romantically attracted to more than one gender.
   • 2013 October 17, Lee Thomas, “LGBTQrazy: A is for . . .”, in The Brunswickan, volume 147, number 07, page 10:

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

   • 2014, Mark Carrigan, Kristina Gupta, Todd G. Morrison, “Introduction”, in Asexuality and Sexual Normativity: An Anthology, London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1:

     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.

   • 2018, Jaimi S.T., Tales of Identity: Memories & Reflections, →ISBN, page 114:

     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.

2. (neologism) Romantically polyamorous; that is, having multiple romantic relationships.
   • 2016 April 3, Zachary Zane, “Where Do "Messy Bisexuals" Fit Into the Bi+ Community?”, in HuffPost‎^[1], archived from the original on 7 June 2022:

     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.

   • 2017, Rosie Wilby, Is Monogamy Dead?: Rethinking Relationships in the 21st Century, Accent Press Ltd, →ISBN:

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

   • 2018, Ann Travers, The Trans Generation: How Trans Kids (and Their Parents) Are Creating a Gender Revolution, New York, N.Y.: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 24:

     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.”

See also

• (romantic orientations) romantic orientation; aromantic (-ism), biromantic (-ism), demiromantic (-ism), heteroromantic (-ism), homoromantic (-ism), panromantic (-ism), transromantic ^{(Category: en:Romantic orientations)}
• polysexual
• asexual