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replaced "someone" with "a specific person" to make the difference between romantic attraction and desire more clear.
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[[File:Aroflag.jpg|thumb|220x220px|The aromantic flag.]]
'''Aromantic''' (often shortened to '''aro''') means someone who does not experience romantic attraction. Romantic attraction is defined as the desire to be in a romantic relationship and/or do romantic acts with
Being aromantic does not mean that one is unable to experience sexual attraction. An aromantic person can have any sexual orientation. Many aromantics use separate romantic and sexual orientations. For example, a heterosexual aromantic person is sexually attracted to people of another gender, but is not romantically attracted to them. Some aromantics are also [[asexual]], meaning they do not feel sexual attraction as well; they may identify as [[aroace]].
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