'''Tertiary attraction''' is an umbrella term originating in [[Aromantic Spectrum|aro]] communities to describe forms of [[attraction]] other than romantic and sexual.<ref>[https://shades-of-grayro.tumblr.com/post/186281760190/thoughts-on-defining-oriented-aroace-i-had-been Thoughts on defining “oriented aroace”]
</ref> Since "tertiary" means "third," the term has been criticized for implicitly centering romantic and sexual attraction as the default.<ref>[http://www.arocalypse.com/forums/topic/1822-tertiary-types-of-attraction-related-terminology/ Tertiary Types of Attraction & Related Terminology]
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<nowiki> </nowiki>Typically, for [[allosexual|allosexuals]]/[[alloromantic|alloromantics]], a partnership may involve a mix of many or all of these forms of attraction, but when one or more of those is missing, such as with [[Aromantic|aromantics]] and [[Asexual|asexuals]], it may become easier to identify narrower forms of attraction. Those who are [[aroace|aro ace]] and experience nonsexual/nonromantic attraction may identity as [[Oriented Aroace|oriented aroace]], [[Angled Aroace|angled aroace]], or simply use another orientation label in addition to aro and ace.<ref>[https://theacetheist.wordpress.com/2019/08/06/tiny-linkspam-on-tri-label-aro-aces/ Tiny linkspam on Tri-Label Aro Aces]</ref>
<nowiki> </nowiki>To derive a specific orientation label from one of these attraction types, these can be given any of the usual prefixes. For example, one can be bialterous, meaning they experience alterous attraction towards people of two or more genders.