recipromantic

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adjective

Experiencing romantic attraction only to people known to reciprocate one's feelings.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

adjectiverecipromantic (comparative more recipromantic, superlative most recipromantic)

comparative more recipromantic · superlative most recipromantic

  1. neologismExperiencing romantic attraction only to people known to reciprocate one's feelings.

    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
    2 more examples

    (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

    Lily who is white, gray-ace, recipromantic, and nonbinary said “[in the] classes I have [it] doesn’t normally come up, ‘cause it’s all science. I just try to stay on topic to get the work done.”

    2018, Elijah G. Stucki, "Compulsory Sexuality and Amatonormativity in Higher Education: A Photovoice Study with Asexual and Aromantic Students", thesis submitted to Oregon State University, page 114

Origin

  1. Latinreciprocus
  2. Englishreciprocal
  3. LatinRōma
  4. LatinRōmānus
  5. Latinrōmānicus
  6. Vulgar Latinrōmānicē
  7. Old Frenchromanz
  8. Old Frenchromaunt
  9. Englishromant
  10. Englishromantic
  11. Englishrecipromantic

Blend of reciprocal + romantic.

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APA

recipromantic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recipromantic

MLA

“recipromantic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recipromantic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recipromantic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recipromantic.

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