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In other projects Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wiktionary, the free dictionary See also: aroace, aro ace, and aro/ace

English

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Alternative forms

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• aro/ace, aroace, aro ace

Etymology

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From aro (clipping of aromantic) +‎ ace (clipping of asexual).

Pronunciation

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• (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈæ.ɹəʉˌæɪs/
• (US) /ˈɛɹ.oʊˌeɪs/

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Adjective

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aro-ace (comparative more aro-ace, superlative most aro-ace)

1. (slang, neologism) Aromantic and asexual. Synonym: ace-aro
   • 2017, Ariel Scott, “Stop Saying It's Asexual Because That's Not What It Means”, in ShOUT Zine‎[1], pages 11–12:However, when I came out as aro ace, my experience was one of being strongly 'othered'.
   • 2018 December 5, Miriam Francisco, “'Sounds Fake but Okay': Asexuality on Campus”, in The Michigan Daily, The University of Michigan, page 6B:As an aro-ace college student, Sarah sometimes worries that her friendliness might be taken as flirtation.
   • 2019, Danika Stone, Switchback, unnumbered page:Vale turned over the rest of the way. "Ash, I'm aro-ace."
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aro-ace.

Noun

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aro-ace (plural aro-aces)

1. (slang, neologism) A person who is aromantic and asexual.
   • 2016 October 19, Megan Swett, “Celebrating Queertober and the LGBT+ community”, in The Journal‎[2], Springfield: University of Illinois, archived from the original on 10 November 2022, page 1 & 3:Stidham considers herself an "aroace," or an aromantic asexual.
   • 2019, Aidan Wayne, Play It Again, unnumbered page:“Oh no you fucking won't, if I don't want said virtue. You'll make yourself scarce, like a good sex-repulsed aroace.”
   • 2019 August, Grace Christiansen, “Deadman's Hand”, in Debate, page 15:Walking through the world as an aro-ace, I experience a sense of isolation in my own feelings, or lack thereof, towards sex.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aro-ace.

Anagrams

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• acearo, ace/aro, coarea, ace-aro, acorea

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