Arretasexual is a sexuality on the asexual spectrum in which one feels sexual attraction, or stronger sexual attraction, to a person who gives them attention. If another person gives this individual new attention or more attention, the individuals attraction to the previous person may fade or dull, and they will become more attracted to the new person. If nobody is giving said individual consistent/constant attention, their attraction will fade completely, or may weakly remain until a person gives them attention again. This identity could have been caused by trauma such as neglect, but it is not exclusive to people with trauma.
The romantic counterpart to arretasexual is arretaromantic.
History
Arretasexual was coined along with arretaromantic by FANDOM user MentallyUnstableQueer on January 27th, 2020 to describe his own feelings.[1]
The prefix arreta- comes from the word "attention" in Basque.