demisexual

adj

1. Sexually attracted to people only after a strong emotional bond has been formed.

   “Some people may identify as asexual for a period and then decide that they are in fact demisexual, or even sexual.”

   “Some think of themselves as demisexual, only able to feel attraction when a very strong emotional bond already exists.”

   “In asexual / ace communities in the past few years, there has been an enormous increase in prominence of people identifying as gray-A and as demisexual, with ‘ace’ now sometimes being used as an umbrella term.”

noun

1. A person who is demisexual.

   “Demisexuals experience sexual attraction as a consequence of romantic attraction but not independently of it.”

   “Demisexuals experience sexual desire only toward people with whom they already have a strong emotional bond. Like an asexual, a demisexual would not see an attractive woman and immediately desire sex, unless, of course, that attractive woman happened to be in a serious emotional relationship with the demisexual.”

   “Rines identified himself as a demisexual, meaning that he is only sexually attracted to a person once a strong emotional attachment has been formed.”