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recipromantic

recipromantic adjective: experiencing romantic attraction only to people known to reciprocate one's feelings.

Adjective

recipromantic (comparative more recipromantic, superlative most recipromantic)

  1. (neologism) Experiencing romantic attraction only to people known to reciprocate one's feelings.
    • (Example: If you are recipromantic, you might form crushes on people whom you discover have a crush on you.)2016, Ashley Mardell, The ABC's of LGBT+, unnumbered page
    • In terms of attraction, Hyourin is asexual, idemromantic, and recipromantic.2016, Christine Feraday, "For Lack of a Better Word: Neo-Identities in Non-Cisgender, Non-Straight Communities on Tumblr", thesis submitted to Ryerson University, page 54

Forms of recipromantic

comparativemore recipromantic
superlativemost recipromantic

Origin of recipromantic

Blend of reciprocal + romantic.

Questions about recipromantic

What does recipromantic mean?
Recipromantic means experiencing romantic attraction only to people known to reciprocate one's feelings.
What part of speech is recipromantic?
Recipromantic is an adjective.

Words near recipromantic in the dictionary

  1. reciprocity law
  2. reciprocity principle
  3. reciprocity principles
  4. reciprock
  5. reciprocous
  6. recipromantic
  7. recipromatic
  8. reciproque
  9. reciprosexual
  10. reciprosexuals
  11. recipé

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