Dictionary

paraphilia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌpæɹəˈfɪliə/
• păr'ə-fĭl'ē-ə

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der. English -philia English paraphilia From para- (“abnormal”) + -philia.

Meanings

1. An abnormal sexual arousal or attraction, especially to objects or situations that are not of a sexual nature; typically of extreme or pathological nature.
   • Despite the serial aspect of these killings, lust murder still remains a distinct subcategory of both sexual and serial murder. It is also referred to as erotophonophilia, one of the most extreme forms of paraphilia. 2003, Eric Hickey, Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime, SAGE, →ISBN, page 281:
   • Formal study will be necessary to clarify the nature, prevalence, and interrelations of plushophilia, fursuitism, and autoplushophilia among furverts and to document the nature and extent of any co-occurring paraphilias. 2009 April 14, Anne A. Lawrence, “Erotic Target Location Errors: An Underappreciated Paraphilic Dimension”, in Journal of Sex Research, volume 46, numbers 2–3, Routledge; Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, →DOI:
   • Yes, really. Blanchard has expanded the DSM's "paraphilia" section (where crimes such as paedophilia and exhibitionism go) to include transvestic disorder. 2012 December 9, Paris Lees, “Transgender people get a status update”, in The Guardian:
   • As Stoller says, "perversion is a sturdy word, throbbing with assumptions, while paraphilia is a wet noodle." 2013, B. Protter, S. Travin, Sexual Perversion: Integrative Treatment Approaches for the Clinician, →ISBN:
   • Other paraphilias are more blatantly transgressive and usually illegal: amokoscisia (desire to slash or mutilate females); anthropophagy (cannibalism); anthropophagolagnia (rape accompanied by cannibalism); […] 2013, RJ Parker, Peter Vronsky, Michael Newton, Serial Killers True Crime Anthology 2014, volume I, page 29:
2. Sexual arousal in response to sexual objects or situations which may interfere with the capacity for reciprocal affectionate sexual activity or lead to clinically significant distress or impairment (e.g. are obligatory, require participation of unconsenting individuals, lead to legal issues).

Forms

Antonyms

normophilia

Deriveds

paraphilic · nonparaphilia

Relateds

paraphiliac · fetish

Translations (30)

ro parafilie (sexual deviation) · sv parafili (sexual deviation) · tr parafili (sexual deviation) · ko 성도착 (sexual deviation) · es parafilia (sexual deviation) · cmn 性慾倒錯 /性欲倒错 (sexual deviation) · kk парафилия (sexual deviation) · ga paraifilia (sexual deviation) · ko 성욕 도착 (sexual deviation) · ar اِنْحِرَاف جِنْسِيّ (sexual deviation) · ja 性的倒錯 (sexual deviation) · ko 성적 도착 (sexual deviation) · fi parafilia (sexual deviation) · ar شُذُوذ جِنْسِيّ (sexual deviation) · fr paraphilie (sexual deviation) · ja 性嗜好異常 (sexual deviation) · da parafili (sexual deviation) · th โรคกามวิปริต (sexual deviation) · is kynlífsafbrigði (sexual deviation) · cs parafilie (sexual deviation) · vi lệch lạc tình dục (sexual deviation) · ru парафили́я (sexual deviation) · ja 性的嗜好障害 (sexual deviation) · ko 색정 도착 (sexual deviation) · ar بَارَافِيلِيَا (sexual deviation) · pt parafilia (sexual deviation) · el παραφιλία (sexual deviation) · ko 변태 성욕 (sexual deviation) · ko 이상 성욕 (sexual deviation) · pl parafilia (sexual deviation)