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[[File:Aromantic alternate .png|thumb|Cryotocrew's aromantic flag.]]
[[File:Aromantic Symbol.png|thumb|Aromantic Symbol]]
'''Aromantic''' (often shortened to '''aro''') is a romantic orientation defined by a lack of [[Romantic Attraction|romantic attraction]]. Romantic attraction is often defined as the desire to be in a romantic relationship and/or do romantic acts with a specific
A common misconception is that all aromantics lack emotions, lack the ability to form social connections, and are "loveless". In reality many aros are capable of feeling love- platonic love such as that between a mother and child or best friends. Aromantics can also meet their emotional needs through [[Queerplatonic Relationship|queerplatonic relationships]], or other [[Tertiary Attraction|non-romantic relationships]]. Some aromantics get platonic crushes or "squishes", also known as [[Platonic Attraction|platonic attraction]]. On the other hand, some aromantics may not experience platonic love or attraction, and may identify as [[aplatonic]]. Others may not desire partners of any kind, and may identify as [[nonamorous]]. Some aromantics embrace the loveless label and reject the idea that love is necessary for happiness.<ref>https://aroworlds.wordpress.com/2019/07/16/i-am-not-voldemort-an-essay-on-love-and-amatonormativity/</ref>
[[File:Aromantic green redesign.png|thumb|Green Redesign by tumblr user nonbiarrow]]
Being aromantic does not mean that one is unable to experience [[Sexual Attraction|sexual attraction]]. An aromantic
Romantic dispositions among aromantic
== Romantic Attraction ==
Due to the ambiguous nature of romantic attraction it can sometimes be difficult to identify when one is aromantic. Romantic attraction is sometimes defined by the actions that one takes during a relationship, such as holding hands, kissing, or cuddling. However, none of these activities alone necessarily indicate romantic attraction. These actively are only considered romantic if one personally considers them romantic in nature and does them with romantic intent. An aromantic
This can make it difficult to identify when one is aromantic, especially when one has trouble distinguishing between romantic feelings and platonic feelings. If this is the case one might identify as [[platoniromantic]], [[idemromantic]], [[nebularomantic]], [[sensualarian]] or [[quoiromantic]].
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The second proposed aromantic flag was a five striped flag. With dark green and light green representing the spectrum of aromantic identities. A yellow stripe representing friendship, and a grey and black stripe representing the spectrum of sexual identities in the aromantic community. The design was later altered; changing the yellow stripe to white; due to it causing sensory problems for certain individuals. The meaning of the stripes was kept the same during the redesign.
[[File:Shortened Aro Flag.jpg|thumb|A shortened aromantic flag was created by RavenFire803 on June 30, 2021]]
Another aromantic flag was coined by [[User:Cryptocrew|Cryptocrew]] at [[User:Hayden000|Hayden000s]] request on January 16th of 2021 and was first published on a post one day later. The yellow flower represents platonic love or [[Alterous Attraction|alterous]]/queerplatonic and desires, dark green represents lack of romantic attraction, light green represents the greyromantic spectrum, the black represents a disconnect or disinterest in romantic acts, the upside-down white hearts represent community and how aromantic
Another redesign was made by tumblr user nonbiarrow and was first posted on July 23 2021. The dark green stripe represents romance negative/repulsed aromantics, the light green stripe represents romance indifferent/neutral aromantics, the white stripe represents aromantics of all genders, sexualities and relationship types, the light teal stripe represents romance positive/favourable aromantics and the dark teal stripe stands for absence of (romantic) attraction.<ref>[https://nonbiarrow.tumblr.com/post/657531484242132992/green-aromantic-flag-redesign-i-made-this]</ref>
There are several other symbols used to represent aromantics and aromantic love. One is an arrow, due to aromantic often being shortened to aro, which is pronounced the same way. Like asexuals, aromantics also use the symbol of the spades to represent themselves, and [[aroace]]
== Etymology ==
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