Fictosexuality
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| Definition | Attraction to fictional characters |
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| Classification | Sexual identity |
| Parent category | Asexuality |
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Fictosexuality and fictoromantic are sexual and romantic attraction towards fictional characters in media, as distinct from living people in real life.
Asexuals and aromantics have used the terms as sexual and romantic identity labels for those who only experience attraction to fictional characters and not to real people. The Japanese term nijikon ('2D complex') describes attraction to two-dimensional characters in anime and manga.
Fictosexuals may face discrimination or marginalization. As a result, some have formed social movements to combat normative beliefs they call "human-oriented sexualism" and "humanogenderism". In 2019, the first fictosexual advocacy group was established in Taiwan.