Acriromantic

Acriromantic is an a-spec identity to describe an experience where one feels romantic attraction, but it feels wrong or unnatural to be feeling it, like it should not happen to them. There are also other variations for different types of attraction.

Its sexuality counterpart is acrisexual.

Neuroacriromantic
Neuroacriromantic is a term to describe one who feels romantic attraction, but feels wrong or unnatural to be feeling it, like it should not happen to them; this discomfort is due to neurodivergence.

History
Acriromantic was coined by Tumblr user pastelmemer sometime on or before November 14th 2018.

Flags
The acriromantic flag was made by Tumblr user mogaiheaven, November 14th 2018.

The neuroromantic flag was created by Tumblr user genderplaylist, 15th November 2018.

An alternate acriromantic and neuroacriromantic flags were created by lgbtqa-pride-icons, September 5th 2019. The outer stripes represent the type of attraction and the inner gray stripes representing the unnatural feeling of the attraction.

Etymology
The prefix "acri-" is Latin for "bitter", "sharp", "sour", or "stinging."