Paraphilias: Terminology and definitions.
This is a raw list with definitions and one source to read more. The main source to find them listed is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paraphiliasIMPORTANT: The sources here come from past notes and recent searches. While I’ve done my best to include material from credible places, the accuracy and integrity of any study or paper may still be questionable. Keep in mind that authors can carry biases, and those may shape their writing.
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Term: Abasiophilia
Definition: People with impaired mobility
Where to read more:
PARAPHILIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED | Psychopathology and Theory, by JOEL S. MILNER - CYNTHIA A. DOPKE - JULIE L. CROUCH
Link: https://read-me.org/s/sexual-deviance-theory.pdf#page=399Notes: Read page 406 | Document was found through Google Scholar
Term: Acrotomophilia
Definition: People with amputations
Where to read more:
The sexual attraction toward disabilities: a preliminary internet-based study | By: E Limoncin1,3, R Carta1,3, GL Gravina1,2, E Carosa1, G Ciocca1, S Di Sante1, AM Isidori2 ,A Lenzi2, and EA Jannini1
Link: https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/81153125/ijir201334-libre.pdf?1645446541...Notes: Document was found through Google Scholar
Term: Agalmatophilia
Definition: Statues mannequins and immobility
Where to read more:
Weddle, Polly (2006) The secret life of statues; ancient agalmatophilia narratives, Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/2316/
Link: https://etheses.dur.ac.uk/2316/1/2316_326.pdfNotes: Document was found through Google Scholar
Term: Algolagnia
Definition: Pain in erogenous zone
Where to read more:
Pain and suicidality: Insights from reward and addiction neuroscience, by Igor Elman, David Borsook, Nora D. Volkow
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article...Notes: Document was found through Google Scholar
Term: Amokoscisia
Definition: To slash and mutilate women
Where to read more:
[Not found yet]
Notes: N/A
Term: Andromimetophilia
Definition: Attraction to trans-men
Where to read more:
Sexual deviance - Theory, Assessment, and Treatment (second edition), by Edited by D. RICHARD LAWS & WILLIAM T. O’DONOHUE
Link: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b7ea2794cde7a79e7c00582/t/638ac0...Notes: Read page 408 | Document was found through Google Scholar
Term: Anililagnia
Definition: Attraction by YOUNG men to older women
Where to read more:
[Not found yet]
Notes: N/A
Term: Anthropophagolagnia
Definition: Raping and then cannibalizing another person
Where to read more:
Displeasures of the flesh: A brief look at anthropophagolagnia and paraphilic behaviour in serial killers, by (Professor) MARK GRIFFITHS
Link: https://drmarkgriffiths.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/displeasures-of-the-flesh-a-brief-...Notes:
Term: Apotemnophilia
Definition: Being an amputee
Where to read more:
Apotemnophilia: A Complex Desire
Link: https://www.medicoverhospitals.in/diseases/apotemnophilia/Notes: N/A
Term: Aquaphilia
Definition: A sexual fetish that involves people swimming, posing, or even drowning in water
Where to read more:
Sex and Water Fetishes | A brief look at aquaphilia and other water-based paraphilias, by (Professor) MARK GRIFFITHS
Link: https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/in-excess/201702/sex-and-water-fetishes?...Notes: N/A
Term: Armpit fetishism/ Maschalagnia
Definition: Armpits
Where to read more:
Armpit Fetishism
Link: https://horny.wiki/define/armpit-fetishism/Notes: N/A
Term: Asphyxiophilia
Definition: Asphyxia or strangling of oneself or others
Where to read more:
Sexual Masochism Disorder with Asphyxiophilia: A Deadly yet Underrecognized Disease, by Anna Coluccia, Mario Gabbrielli, Giacomo Gualtieri, Fabio Ferretti, Andrea Pozza, Andrea Fagiolini
Link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5055911/Notes: N/A
Term: Autassassinophilia
Definition: Being in life-threatening situations
Where to read more:
AUTASSASSINOPHILIA. by memjavad
Link: https://encyclopedia.arabpsychology.com/autassassinophilia/Notes: N/A
Term: Autoandrophilia
Definition: Sexual arousal of a female in response to the image of herself and a male
Where to read more:
Female Autoandrophilia, by Phil Illy
Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40928732/Notes: N/A
Term: Autoerotic asphyxiation
Definition: Self-induced asphyxiation, sometimes to the point of near unconsciousness.
Where to read more:
Accidental Autoerotic Deaths and Mental Disorder: A Scoping Review, by Devendra Singh Basera, Niranjan Sahoo, Roshan Sutar, Amit Agrawal
Link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11758432/Notes: N/A
Term: Autogynephilia
Definition: Sexual arousal of a male in response to the image of himself as female
Where to read more:
The Controversy Surrounding The Man Who Would Be Queen: A Case History of the Politics of Science, Identity, and Sex in the Internet Age, by Alice D Dreger
Link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3170124/Notes:
Term: Autohemofetishism
Definition: Making oneself bleed, a type of hematolagnia (drinking or looking at blood)
Where to read more:
[Not found yet]
Notes: N/A
Term: Autovampirism/ vampirism
Definition: The image of oneself in the form of a vampire - Involving ingesting or seeing one's own blood
Where to read more:
[Status of vampirism and autovampirism], by A Bourguignon
Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/883741/Notes:
Term: Belly fetishism/ alvinolagnia
Definition: The midriff or belly
Where to read more:
[Not found yet]
Notes: N/A
Term: Biastophilia/ raptophilia
Definition: Raping someone (could be CNC)
Where to read more:
Biastophilia
Link: https://psychology.tips/biastophilia/Notes:
Term: Bondage
Definition: Being tied up or physically restrained
Where to read more:
Bondage-Discipline, Dominance-Submission and Sadomasochism (BDSM) From an Integrative Biopsychosocial Perspective: A Systematic Review, by Nele De Neef, Violette Coppens, Wim Huys, Manuel Morrens
Link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6525106/Notes: N/A
Term: Breast fetishism / Mazophilia
Definition: Female breasts
Where to read more:
Breast fetishism
Link: https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/523562Notes: N/A
Term: Candaulism
Definition: Exposing one's partner or images of their partner to others
Where to read more:
Candaulism
Link: https://www.artandpopularculture.com/CaundulismNotes:
Term: Cannibalism /anthropophagy
Definition: Ingesting human flesh
Where to read more:
Cannibalism—overview and medicolegal issues, by Roger W Byard
Link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10328901/Notes: N/A
Term: Capnolagnia
Definition: Smoking
Where to read more:
Parental influences on sexual preferences: The case of attraction to smoking, by H. Aronsson, J. Lind, S. Ghirlanda, and M. Enquist
Link: https://akjournals.com/view/journals/1126/9/1/article-p21.xmlNotes: N/A
Term: Chremastistophilia
Definition: Being robbed or held up
Where to read more:
Crash and turn on: A brief look at chremastistophilia and symphorophilia, by (Professor) MARK GRIFFITHS
Link: https://drmarkgriffiths.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/crash-and-turn-on-a-brief-look-at-....Notes: N/A
Term: Chronophilia
Definition: Partners of a widely differing chronological age
Where to read more:
Chronophilia and Paraphilia: A Study of Sexual Preferences, by Ghina Nidaul Adillah
Link: https://download.ssrn.com/2025/2/25/5153751.pdf?r-Signature...Notes: N/A
Term: Coprophilia /scatophilia/fecophilia:
Definition: Feces /poo /shit /excrement
Where to read more:
Coprophilia and Coprophagia: A Literature Review, by Jacqueline M. Arnone, Richard P. Conti, and Joseph H. Preckajlo
Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10783903231214265Notes: N/A
Term: Coulrophilia
Definition: Clowns
Where to read more:
Inside the Kinky, Brightly Colored World of Clown Fetishists, by Natasha Wynarczyk
Link: https://www.vice.com/en/article/inside-the-kinky-brightly-colored-world-of-clown-fetishists/Notes: N/As