Loveless Aro

, describes someone who is on the aromantic spectrum that is in some way disconnected from the concept of love, does not feel love, may doubt that they feel love, or rejects the idea of experiencing love. This may mean a couple of different things:


 * uncomfortable with love as a concept
 * feel that the concept of love is unimportant or inapplicable to them
 * do not think they feel any form of love whatsoever, but rather compassion, appreciation, respect, or other similar emotions

This may be as a result of neurodivergence or trauma, but the term is not exclusive to these groups.

Alternate Names

 * Loveless aromantic

Definitions

 * Loveless aros are aromantic people who are opting out of the idea that we are only acceptable if we love in other ways, strongly, and as if to replace the attraction we don’t feel. - aro-culture-is, 2020
 * an individual on the aromantic spectrum who, in some way, feels disconnected from the concept of love. - loveless-aro, 2021

History
There is no official coining for the term loveless aro, but the concept was first mentioned in an essay tagged "lovelessness" by K.A. Cook and posted to the blog Aro Worlds on July 14, 2019. The term appeared on the blog later in the year, August 12, 2019, in a post containing various poems with the ideas of lovelessness.

The idea of loveless aromanticism comes from the fact that "love" is usually synonymous with "romance", and therefore loveless aros are often forcibly disconnected from love due to their inability to feel romantic attraction. Many feel uncomfortable with the concept or may not believe any form of love is personally relevant or important to them. Even though they may appear to "love" those close to them or "love" their hobbies, they do not feel that it is love but rather it may be compassion, mutual understanding or respect, enjoyment, or other such emotions depending on context.

Statistics
From May 19th to May 20th, the organization Aurea carried out a survey on loveless and arospec stories.

Another survey was carried out between July 23rd to August 13th by aro-and-tired on Tumblr. The survey was open to any aro-spec induviduals to gather information on people who use the loveless aro label, as well as the opinions of non-loveless aros on the loveless label. Of the 1330 participents, 57.5% were not loveless aro, 28.1% were questioning using the term, and 14.4% identified as a loveless aro.