Ideaesthetic

Ideaesthetic is the aesthetic attraction to people, gender not being a factor. The “idea” of a person, their abstract qualities, character or, as many would describe,“personality.” Being ideaesthetic is defined by a lack of physical preferences and/or not experiencing/comprehending gendered attraction. It differs from panaesthetic, as panaesthetic individuals may have physical preferences that have nothing to do with gender, while still being genderblind. For example, they may prefer someone with blonde hair over someone with brown, without regarding their gender. Ideaesthetic, however, is the attraction to someone despite gender or physical appearance.

The sexual counterpart to ideaesthetic is idesexual, the romantic counterpart is ideromantic.