panromanticism
nounUK /ˌpænɹə(ʊ)ˈmæntɪsɪz(ə)m/ · US /ˌpænɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪsɪz(ə)m/
Etymology From panromantic + -ism.
1
Neologism The state of being panromantic, i.e. romantically attracted to people regardless of genders.
2
An attitude that romanticizes indiscriminately.
- In anthropology and psychology, certain scientists, such as Alsberg and Ludwig Klages, are spreading vitalistic panromanticism. They pay unbounded homage to man's depraved impulses, and hold up the Dionysian man as the ideal […]1944, Andrew J. Krzesinski, Is Modern Culture Doomed?, page 60:
- Though the magazine is dead, as are some of the movements with which it was associated, its attitude, the protest of panromanticism to which it gave voice, is not.1948, Renascence, page 173:
- Related terms
- pansexuality, asexuality