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"ism"?[edit]

"Aromanticism" implies some sort of ideology which seems... Problematic. Autisticml (talk) 22:43, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not all -ism’s are ideological. Some are philosophical or scientific or social phenomena. While some Ismus are ideological, some of that is more recent than the root of -ism at large. Raladic (talk) 04:12, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Being aromantic isn't really any of those though, is it? It "just is" so to speak. Autisticml (talk) 16:07, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is a bit of an old thread of conversation, but the suffix -ism is purely a nominalizer. True, it has uses for ideologies, but it is also used, as Wiktionary notes, "to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons [...]." This is the sense of it used in words such as aromanticism. Arayaz (talk) 17:47, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's my thought too. And there are also more than enough sources to justify keeping this article at its present title Historyday01 (talk) 21:03, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Autisticml: Please check MOS:NEO. Unlike transgenderism and homosexualism, aromanticism isn't seen as offensive or pathologizing. Although the word aromanticity exists, it's not recognized in dictionaries or even used as often as aromanticism. In Portuguese, more specifically in Brazil, we do use arromanticidade more than arromantismo and transgeneridade (English: transgenderness, transness, transgenderity, transitude) more than transgenerismo, while lesbianismo is more used than lesbianidade (this is equivalent to the aromanticity case but in Portuguese, because it has no apparent translation), but this is about language change. Autism isn't an ideology either and carries its suffix. --MikutoH ^talk! 02:09, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Aplatonicism[edit]

Can there be a mention of aplatonic individuals or platonic attraction in general? --MikutoH ^talk! 01:56, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Article Platonic love is probably a better article to discuss it in detail, but we could add a link to it in see also or so if there’s a good context that links it in some way - do you have a specific suggestion on the context to add in in? Raladic (talk) 02:07, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've added it to the aromanticism article, I think that was the best place to mention it.

I felt people would think this label is fringe to be there, alikely how people are dealing with fictosexuality article, which is originally an a-spec identity but now is seen as controversial. --MikutoH ^talk! 02:16, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I think the addition you made is fine since we already mention platonic love right where you added it.

i think you could still probably add it to the platonic love article if you wanted since it about the opposite of platonic love, but I understand your point that it is a bit novel as a term. Raladic (talk) 02:31, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]