somnophilia en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swep- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *swépnos Proto-Italic *swepnos Latin somnusder. English somn- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English somno- 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 somnophilia From somno- + -philia.
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(uncountable) A paraphilia in which an individual becomes sexually aroused by someone who is unconscious.
In contrast, Calef and Weinshel (1972) suggested that somnophilia may be a neurotic equivalent of necrophilia.
2008, D. Richard Laws, William T. O'Donohue, Sexual deviance: theory, assessment, and treatment, page 401:
- (uncountable) Any sex act during which one of the partners is asleep or close to falling asleep.
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es somnofilia (sexual attraction to unconscious people) · fr somnophilie (sexual attraction to unconscious people) · pt somnofilia (sexual attraction to unconscious people) · ca somnofília (sexual attraction to unconscious people) · de Somnophilie (sexual attraction to unconscious people) · it somnofilia (sexual attraction to unconscious people) · ru сомнофилия (sexual attraction to unconscious people)