arospec

English

Alternative forms

• aro-spec

Etymology

From aro (“aromantic”) +‎ spec (“spectrum”).

Adjective

arospec (comparative more arospec, superlative most arospec)

1. (neologism) Belonging or related to the aromantic spectrum.
   • 2016, Ashley Mardell, The ABC's of LGBT+, unnumbered page:

     After some research into various arospec (aromantic spectrum) identities, I found the term “wtfromantic” and a whole bunch of people who identified with that.

   • 2017, Talia Hibbert, That Kind of Guy, unnumbered page:

     In fact, I've, uh... well, there's this forum for demisexual and other ace/arospec people, and I've been a member for a while.

   • 2021, Patricia Kennon, "Asexuality and the Potential of Young Adult Literature for Disrupting Allonormativity", International Journal of Young Adult Literature, Volume 2, Issue 1 (link):

     While there can still be a tendency for allosexual characters in YA science fiction to perform conscious and unconscious microaggressions against ace, acespec, aro and arospec characters, some recent novels manage to challenge the aphobic presumption of compulsory sexuality, and to ultimately create and sustain asexual-inclusive speculative worlds.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:arospec.

Hypernyms

• a-spec