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Sapiosexual vs Sapioromantic - What's the difference?

sapiosexual | sapioromantic |

As adjectives the difference between sapiosexual and sapioromantic

is that sapiosexual is attracted to intelligence or the human mind while sapioromantic is to be romantically attracted to intelligence or human minds.

As nouns the difference between sapiosexual and sapioromantic

is that sapiosexual is a person sexually attracted to intelligence or the human mind while sapioromantic is a person who is sapioromantic.

sapiosexual

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Attracted to intelligence or the human mind.
  • * 2012 , Ricardo F. Lo, " Sexy Talk with Mikey Bustos", The Philippine Star , 18 January 2012:
  • “Brains + Beauty, and brains first… I’m rather sapiosexual .”
  • * 2012 , Carolina Montejo, " Sapiosexuality: The intelligent foreplay", Vangardist , May 2012, page 128:
  • Now, I know that the subject here is sexual arousal, but since I've already mentioned Plato and he is so relevant to the subject of Eros – and was probably sapiosexual himself — I think it's worth stepping briefly into the realm of philosophy.
  • * 2013', Sunayana Suresh, " Are women attracted to the '''sapiosexual men?", ''The Times of India , 28 May 2013 (used in title only)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person sexually attracted to intelligence or the human mind.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup, year=2005, date=20 October, author=
  • CatDeville [username], title=Re: Struggling with the details sapiosexuals - people who lust after intellect first), but it's the *brain* you aim for, the intellect, to turn us on, not our genitals.}}'>citation
  • * 2012 , Cara C. MacInnis & Gordon Hodson, " Intergroup bias toward 'Group X': Evidence of prejudice, dehumanization, avoidance, and discrimination against asexuals", Group Processes & Intergroup Relations , 24 April 2012:
  • In Study 2 we tapped attitudes toward a largely unknown sexual orientation group, sapiosexuals (those sexually attracted to the human mind).
    Participants indicated their familiarity with heterosexuals, homosexuals, bisexuals, asexuals, and sapiosexuals
  • * 2012 , Carolina Montejo, " Sapiosexuality: The intelligent foreplay", Vangardist , May 2012, page 126:
  • So, what attracts you? What turns you on? You decide on abstract thought, clever humour and insight. You're a sapiosexual .
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  • See also

    * * sapioromantic

    sapioromantic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • to be romantically attracted to intelligence or human minds.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • a person who is sapioromantic
  • Also see

    * * sapiosexual * asexual