'''Affinitive Orientations''' (also called '''Affectional Orientations''') is a term used when describing attractionsorientations. It is an umbrella term for any orientations that describe which gender(s) one is or is not attracted to. It includes terms such as [[bisexual|bi]], [[pansexual|pan]], [[asexual|ace]], [[lesbian]], [[gay]], etcand most other orientation labels that do not fall under the [[Asexual Spectrum|asexual spectrum]] or [[Aromantic Spectrum|aromantic spectrum]]. Affinitive orientations are most commonly associated with [[Sexual Attraction|sexual]] and [[Romantic Attraction|romantic attraction]], but the term can be forapplied to any [[Tertiary Attraction|forms of attraction]]. For example, terms like [[aplatonic]] or [[Omnisexual|omni]][[Alterous Attraction|alterous]] are affinitive orientations.
Affinitive orientations can be further broken down into [[Juvelic Orientations|juvelic orientations]] (terms that references the gender of both parties in attraction) and non-juvelic orientations (terms that only reference the gender of one the parties in attraction).
Affinitive orientations are opposed to [[Amative Orientations|amative orientations]]. AnyAffinitive affinitive orientationorientations can be combined with any amative orientation(s), however two affinitive orientationorientations typically cannot be combined.
== History ==
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