Someone who can't be described as neither being (entirely/completely) platonic nor romantic, & is an attraction best described as wanting emotional closeness without necessarily being (at all or entirely) platonic &/or romantic, & is used in the place of -romantic or -platonic (so say bi-alterous instead of bi-romantic).
Someone can be both alterous & romantic &/or platonic & can have varying degrees on attraction, ultimately feel discomfort / unease / or just a sense of inaccuracy in calling it wholly romantic or platonic.
More examples:
- Androalterous/Manalterous* - Alterous attraction to men and/or masculinity.
- Gynealterous/ Womanalterous* - Alterous attraction to women and/or femininity.
- Panalterous - Alterous attraction towards people regardless of sex and gender.
- Polyalterous - Alterous attraction towards people of more than one multiple sexes and gender, yet not all.
- Heteroalterous - Alterous attraction towards the opposite sex or gender.
- Alterous Aroace - Alterous attraction while being aromantic and asexual.