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Potensexual is an orientation where someone is only feels sexual attraction to those who could potentially be attracted back to them by the definition of their orientation.[1] For example; a potensexual pansexual woman is only attracted to another woman when she knows that the other woman is attracted to women (sapphic). The romantic equivalent is potenromantic.
Etymology
The prefix Poten- is from the word Potential, which describes the core aspect of potensexuality.