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'''Fictosexual''', also known as '''fictisexual''', '''fictonsexual''',<ref>http://archive.is/pFM4O#selection-667.0-675.258</ref> '''fictiosexual''',<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220705221651/https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/186528-fictiosexual-romantic/</ref> '''fictionsexual'''<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220705222601/https://slangdefine.org/f/fictionsexual-4031.html</ref> or '''fictionalsexual,''' is a [[Sexual Orientation|sexual orientation]] and an [[umbrella term]] on the [[asexual spectrum]] for anyone who experiences exclusive sexual attraction towards fictional characters, a general type of fictional characters, or whose sexuality is influenced by fictional characters.
Some fictosexual individuals experience attraction to certain genders in fiction, but don't experience attraction to said genders in the non-fictional (factual) world. For example, one may experience attraction to all genders in fiction, but only experience attraction to women in the non-fictional world.
It is also an [[Asexual Spectrum|ace-spec]] identity, as some ace-spec individuals may feel [[Sexual Attraction|sexual attraction]] exclusively to
One can be fictosexual for a wide variety of reasons, such as spiritually - believing in past lives and/or parallel universes in which the individual was in (a) relationship(s) with (a) certain fictional character(s).<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/fictosexual/comments/1bgb4si/does_anyone_feel_your_sos_spiritual_presence/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/spirituality/comments/ktb592/talking_withcreating_fictional_characters_in_the/</ref> Alternatively, a reason may be that the individual is never possibly able to be in a relationship with any fictional characters they may feel attraction to within the non-fictional world. The romantic equivalent is [[fictoromantic]]. Someone who is both fictosexual and fictoromantic may use the term [[fictorose]].<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/fictosexual/comments/1b6kknr/fictorose_flag/</ref> The opposite to this term is [[veritasexual]].
In East Asia, fictosexuals (especially related to “Nijigen” in the Japanophone context) have their own subculture and political activism.<ref>[https://vocal.media/humans/fictosexual-manifesto Fictosexual Manifesto: Their Position, Political Possibility, and Critical Resistance]</ref>
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