Nideromantic

Nideromantic is a microlabel on the aromantic spectrum defined as being capable of feeling a general desire for a romantic relationship with someone but incapable of having urges for specific romantic activities.

The prefix "nide-" can also be applied to other types of attraction (e.g., nideplatonic). It can be thought of as the "opposite" of the prefix "bellus-", e.g., nideromantic can be thought of as the opposite of bellusromantic.

Many people when first experiencing romantic attraction are initially on the nideromantic spectrum, even if they don't stay there.

Etymology
The prefix "nide-" was created by prepending a negatory "n" to the Latin root "ide", meaning idea.

Pronunciation
Consistent with essentially being a shortening of "no idea", the prefix "nide-" should be pronounced with stress on the second syllable (containing the long E sound), not the first syllable (containing the long I sound) (analogously to how "idea" is pronounced ajDI.ə, not AJdi.ə), i.e., najDI (not NAJdi). For example, nideromantic should be pronounced najDIɹo͡wMƐ̝͡ʌ̯ntɪk (not NAJdiɹo͡wMƐ̝͡ʌ̯ntɪk).

Definition
Nideromantic refers to having a desire to interact romantically in general with a specific person and deriving romantic enjoyment from doing so but not having any urges for specific romantic activities and instead only general romantic urges. These general romantic urges/desires are of comparable strength to in an alloromantic person (unless the person's romantic capacity is (nide∩caligo)romantic), just not specific to/focused on any particular activity. Some people may be able to think of specific romantic activities to do, such as from what that person has heard that other people typically do in romantic relationships or on what that person's romantic partner as proposed, and think something along the lines of, "Yeah, that's something romantic that we could do that I would like," in a logical/intellectual sense but without a fundamental urge for that specific activity. These individuals are not strictly nideromantic but instead are (nide∪cupio)romantic (if they always think of specific romantic activities that they could do whenever they want to have a romantic relationship with someone; if they only sometimes think of specific romantic activites, then they are either (nide∪(nidejump∩cupio))romantic or (nide∪(nidespike∩cupio))romantic, depending on how often they think specific romantic activities).

Two important aspects necessary for a nideromantic individual to be able to experience romantic satisfaction are connection and context. As an example of what is meant by romantic connection, consider the example of a nideromantic individual watching a movie or show with someone whom that person is romantically attracted to; in order to receive romantic enjoyment, the nideromantic individual would need to occasionally pause to converse with the nideromantic individual's romantic partner or do something else that would allow the the nideromantic individual to feel that said nideromantic individual is watching the movie/show with the human being whom said nideromantic individual loves and not just a sack of potatoes for all they are doing. As an example of what is meant by romantic context, if the two people were not alone but there were instead a bunch of other people with them also watching that show, then the nideromantic individual would not get romantic satisfaction from that because the context would feel platonic rather than romantic/the context would not feel emotionally intimate.

Distinguishing from other types of attraction
While the prefix "nide-" in general can make distinguishing the type of attraction that one is feeling more difficult, there are ways to distinguish nideromantic attractions from general desires for other types of relationships:
 * One derives romantic enjoyment from engaging in romantic activities done in a romantic context with someone whom one is nideromantically attracted to.
 * One eagerly anticipates romantic activities that someone whom is romantically attracted to suggests, and this enjoyment is dependent on interpreting the person's suggestion as romantic, e.g., reinterpreting the intended nature of the activity as something else rather than romantic would cause one to lose interest in that activity.
 * Some people's romantic attractions are only constrained by nide in certain situations as the result of a capacity union. (For example, a person may be capable of feeling any romantic attraction that could be felt by either a demiromantic person or a nideromantic person but incapable of having desires for engaging in specific romantic activities with strangers; this is known as being (demi∪nide)romantic.) In this case, the person would know for sure what romantic attraction feels like and how to distinguish it from other types of attraction without relying on having urges for specific activities (based on how it felt in situations when the romantic attraction was unconstrained by nide- so that the person could be certain that that is indeed romantic attraction).

History
The prefix "nide-" and word nideromantic were created by MathAndCode on October 28, 2022. However, because MathAndCode did not have a Tumblr account, these terms were first publicly posted by tulipian on November 10 of the same year.

Flags
Flags exist for nideromantic and for some of the possible capacity unions and capacity intersections.