Abasexual (pronounced Ah-bah-sexual) is an orientation describing one who was once asexual, but due to trauma of either a sexual or non-sexual variety, has become allosexual. Its counterpart, an allosexual person whose trauma has caused them to become asexual, is caedsexual.
Abasexual is only to be used by those who have experienced or are currently experiencing trauma.
Abasexual people may be attracted to any gender. For instance, someone who is abasexual and gay was previously attracted to no one, but after one or more traumatic events, is now attracted to the same gender as themselves.
The romantic equivalent of abasexual is abaromantic.
Word Origin
The prefix "aba" is derived from the Latin word abactius, meaning "stolen", to describe the feeling an abasexual individual may have that their orientation was stolen from them.