a romanticとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌeɪ.ɹəʊˈman.tɪk/, /ˌæ.ɹəʊˈman.tɪk/, /ˌɛ(ə)ɹ.əʊˈman.tɪk/

形容詞

aromantic (comparative more aromantic, superlative most aromantic)

1. That does not feel romantic attraction to others; not wanting a romantic relationship. [from 21st c.]
   • 2011, Soojin Chang, "Sex is the biggest nothing", The Daily Californian, 28 November 2011:

     Although there are aromantic asexuals who do not experience the instinctual emotional need to be in a romantic relationship, many asexuals seek monogamous partners and value intimate connections just like sexual people.

   • 2012, Anthony F. Bogaert, Understanding Asexuality, Rowman & Littlefield (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     However, if she [Emily Brontë] was asexual, she likely was not aromantic (see chapter 2 for distinction between sex かつ romance), or at least she had a high-level understanding of romance, as she wrote one of the most intensely romantic novels of her time, Wuthering Heights.

   • 2012, Anonymous, "Pandora's box: The stigmas surrounding aromanticism", The Scripps Voice (Scripps College), Volume 16, Issue 4, 1 November 2012, page 5:

     No, just because I’m aromantic does not automatically mean I am also asexual (I happen to really like sex).

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