Demiromantic describes people who do not experience romantic attraction until they have formed a deep emotional connection with someone,[1][2] according to the most common definition.[2] Other definitions of this romantic orientation are only experiencing limited romantic attraction,[2] or falling somewhere on a spectrum between aromantic and romantic; the latter definition overlaps with one for grayromantic.[3] The prefix 'demi-' derives from the Latin dimidium, meaning "divided in half"; its u
