Frayromantic

Frayromantic (also known as Ignotaromantic) is a romantic orientation defined as when someone only experiences romantic attraction towards those that they are not deeply connected with, and lose that attraction as they get to know the person.

It is an orientation on the Aromantic Spectrum, and more broadly, the A-Spectrum. Frayromantic can be described as being "the opposite of Demiromantic".

Frayromantic can be a romantic orientation on its own or can combined with other orientations. For example, one could be Frayromantic and Homoromantic, meaning that when one does experience romantic attraction it's only towards people of the same/similar gender.

Frayromantic people after losing their romantic attraction can still have other attraction, provided they are not also Fray- in that specific area.

Etymology
The prefix fray- comes from the Old English word for "Stranger".

Ignota- comes from the Latin word ignotas, meaning "Unfamiliar".

History
Frayromantic was coined alongside Fraysexual by EdensMachine (now deactivated) via tumblr blog MOGAI-Archive (also deactivated) sometime around July 18, 2014.

Ignotromantic on the other hand was coined by AroaceSafeSpace sometime around or before December 14, 2014.

Flags
Frayromantic used to share its flag with Fraysexual, the flag made by tumblr blog PrideArchive on July 28, 2014. The term has since redesigned a five striped variant to distinguish from Fraysexual, created on October 18, 2020 by an anonymous Wiki user. It was presumably added directly on the LGBTA Wikia, the uploader being Wikia user AkoiFish.

The redesigned flag was flipped upside down, given an additional grey stripe, and the shades of blue were tinted slightly green to represent the Aromantic Spectrum. Blue and cyan are meant to represent strangers or acquaintances, with blue as the complementary color to red and yellow, which symbolize romantic and platonic love respectively. The white stripe represents a lack of attraction, and the grey stripe represents confusion about romantic attraction.

Coining
"Ignotaromantic, Ignotasexual.

Demiromantic/Demisexual is the orientation of someone who experiences romantic/sexual attraction only after an emotional bond is made.

The opposite of which would be losing attraction after an emotional bond is formed-which I’ve seem some talk about-but there isn’t a word for it yet.

‘Ignotas’ is Latin for ‘unfamiliar’ so I’m suggesting the terms ‘Ignotaromantic’ and ‘Ignotasexual’ for these identities-literally being attracted to the unfamiliar but in proper explanation it would be ‘a person who experiences romantic/sexual attraction to a stranger and loses this attraction if they create an emotional bond.’

Ignotaromantics/Ignotasexuals are similar to Type C on AVEN."

- AroaceSafeSpace