#finalterous

Finalterous: an arospec orientation;

a person who feels alterous attraction (attraction which is not readily definable as romantic or platonic, but exists somewhere between the two concepts) to people who are Feminine In Nature (thus, FIN), including women and those who partially identify as women, as well as feminine-presenting people who do not identify as women

Fin- Feeling attraction to feminine identifying people. Fin stands for Feminine In Nature. Min- and Nin- are for masculine and neutral/nonbinary, respectively.

Alterous attraction is described as neither being (entirely/completely) platonic nor romantic, & is an attraction best described as wanting emotional closeness without necessarily being (at all or entirely) platonic &/or romantic, & is used in the place of -romantic or -platonic (so say bi-alterous instead of bi-romantic). Someone can be both alterous & romantic &/or platonic & can have varying degrees on attraction, ultimately feel discomfort / unease / or just a sense of inaccuracy in calling it wholly romantic or platonic. Similar to queerplatonic/quasiplatonic/quirkyplatonic attraction but not quite the same.

Term coined by: Unknown

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