Fictosexuality
| Definition | Attraction to fictional characters |
|---|---|
| Classification | Sexual identity |
| Parent category | Asexuality |
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Fictosexuality is sexual attraction towards fictional characters. Romantic attraction towards fictional characters is called fictoromantic attraction.
The term fictosexuality describes the desire to engage in sexual relationships with fictional characters, or the experience of desire for fictional sexual material distinct from desire for flesh-and-blood people. Fictoromance is romantic attraction to fictional characters. The asexual community has used the term to describe people who experience sexual attraction to fictional characters and not to real people.
Fictosexuality has been used as a term for sexual identity since the 2010s, and online communities and activist organizations now exist. The term human-oriented sexualism has also been coined to describe the social norms that marginalize fictosexuality.