List of paraphilias

Paraphilias are sexual interests in objects, situations, or individuals that are atypical. The American Psychiatric Association, in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (DSM), draws a distinction between paraphilias (which it describes as atypical sexual interests) and paraphilic disorders (which additionally require the experience of distress, impairment in functioning, and/or the desire to act on them with a nonconsenting person).^[1][2] Some paraphilias have more than one term to describe them, and some terms overlap with others. Paraphilias without DSM codes listed come under DSM 302.9, "Paraphilia NOS (Not Otherwise Specified)".

Paraphilia
Specialty	Psychiatry

In his 2008 book on sexual pathologies, Anil Aggrawal compiled a list of 547 terms describing paraphilic sexual interests. He cautioned, however, that "not all these paraphilias have necessarily been seen in clinical setups. This may not be because they do not exist, but because they are so innocuous they are never brought to the notice of clinicians or dismissed by them. Like allergies, sexual arousal may occur from anything under the sun, including the sun."^[3]

Most of the following names for paraphilias, constructed in the nineteenth and especially twentieth centuries from Greek and Latin roots (see List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes), are used in medical contexts only.

Contents

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
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Paraphilias

A

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Abasiophilia	People with impaired mobility.[4]
Acrotomophilia	People with amputations.[5][6]
Acomoclitism	Sexual arousal from lack of pubic hair.[7]
Acucullophilia	Sexual attraction to circumcised genitals.[8]
Acralagnia	Sexual attraction to extremities such as fingers, toes, or earlobes.[9]
Agalmatophilia	Statues, mannequins and immobility.[10]
Algolagnia	Pain, particularly involving an erogenous zone; differs from masochism as there is a biologically different interpretation of the intense sensation rather than a subjective interpretation.[11]
Amaurophilia	Being unable to see.[12][13][14]
Amelotasis	Sexual attraction to people with limb deformities or malformations.[15]
Amokoscisia	To slash and mutilate women.[16]
Amychophilia	Sexual arousal from scratching or being scratched.[17]
Andromimetophilia	Trans men.[4][18]
Anililagnia	Attraction by young men to older women.[19]
Antholagnia	Sexual arousal from flowers.[20]
Anthropophagolagnia	Raping and then cannibalizing another person.[21]
Apotemnophilia	Being an amputee.[5][22]
Aquaphilia	A sexual fetish that involves people swimming, posing, or drowning in water.
Armpit fetishism/maschalagnia	Armpits.[3]
Asphyxiophilia	Asphyxia or strangling of oneself or others.[5][23]
Attraction to disability	People with one or more physical disabilities.[24]
Autagonistophilia	Being on stage or on camera.[25][26]
Autoanilingus	Fantasizing about performing analingus on oneself.[27]
Autassassinophilia	Being in life-threatening situations.[5]
Autoandrophilia	Sexual arousal of a female in response to the image of herself as male.[28]
Autoerotic asphyxiation	Self-induced asphyxiation, sometimes to the point of near unconsciousness.[26]
Autofellatio	Performing oral sex on oneself (male).[29][30]
Autogynephilia	Sexual arousal of a male in response to the image of himself as female.[28]
Autohemofetishism	Making oneself bleed, a type of hematolagnia.[31]
Autonepiophilia	The image of oneself in the form of an infant.[25]
Autopedophilia	The image of oneself in the form of a child.[32]
Autoplushophilia	The image of oneself in the form of a plush.[32]
Autovampirism/vampirism	The image of oneself in the form of a vampire.[33][34][35] Involves ingesting or seeing one's own blood.[31]
Autozoophilia	The image of oneself in the form of an animal.[36][37]

B

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Balloon fetishism / Balloonophilia	Balloons, including inflating, popping, or rubbing them.[38]
Belly fetishism/alvinolagnia	The midriff or belly.
Biastophilia/raptophilia	Raping a person, possibly consensual rape fantasy.
Body inflation fetishism	Fantasies involving inflation of body parts.[39]
Body modification fetishism	Erotic interest in tattoos, piercings, scarification, and other body alterations.[40]
Bondage	Being tied up or physically restrained.[5][25]
Breast fetishism/mazophilia	Female breasts.

C

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Cacophilia	Loud or unpleasant sounds.[41]
Candaulism	Exposing one's partner or images of their partner to others.
Cannibalism/anthropophagy	Ingesting human flesh.[21]
Canophilia	Dogs.[42]
Capnolagnia	Smoking.[43]
Catoptrophilia	Mirrors or reflections.[44]
Cenophilia	Empty spaces or voids.[45]
Cheirophilia	Erotic interest in hands or hand contact.[46]
Chremastistophilia	Being robbed or held up.[25]
Chronophilia	Partners of a widely differing chronological age.[25]
Claustrophilia	Confined or enclosed spaces.[47]
Climacophilia	Falling down stairs.[48]
Clothing fetishism	Specific garments such as lingerie, uniforms, or latex wear.[49]
Coprophilia/scatophilia/fecophilia	Feces.[2][50]
Coulrophilia	Clowns[51]
Crush fetishism	Crushing objects or small animals.[52]
Cryophilia	Ice or cold temperatures.[53]
Cuckolding fetishism/troilism	Observing one's partner engaged in sexual activities with another person.[54][4][26]

D

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Dacnophilia	Biting or being bitten.[55]
Dacryphilia	Tears or crying.[56]
Diaper fetishism	Diapers; considerable overlap with paraphilic infantilism.[57]
Dendrophilia	Trees.[5]
Doll fetishism / Dollophilia	Dolls, especially life-sized or sexualized ones.[58]
Dippoldism	Erotic interest in corporal punishment of children.[59]
Dysmorphophilia	Sexual arousal from one's own perceived physical deformities.[60]

E

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Ecdysiophilia	Erotic interest in striptease or undressing.[61]
Electrophilia	Electricity or electric stimulation, including shocks.[62]
Emetophilia	Vomit.[4]
Emetolagnia	Sexual arousal from watching others vomit (distinct from emetophilia).[63]
Enopliophilia	Erotic interest in weapons or armed individuals.[64]
Eproctophilia	Flatulence.[3]
Erotophonophilia/dacnolagnomania	Murder, often of strangers.[21]
Exhibitionism/peodeiktophilia	Exposing one's genitals to unsuspecting and nonconsenting others.[2][5]
Exophilia	Extraterrestrials.[65]
Entomophilia	Insects.[66]

F

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Fat fetishism/adipophilia	Overweight or obese people.[67]
Feederism	Eating, feeding, and weight gain.[68]
Food play/sitophilia	Erotic situations involving food.
Foot fetishism/podophilia	Feet.[69]
Formicophilia	Being crawled on by insects.[25][70]
Forniphilia	Turning a human being into a piece of furniture.
Free use	Being "used" sexually by a sexual partner whenever they are aroused.[71]
Frotteurism	Rubbing against a non-consenting person.[2]

G

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Galactophilia	Sexual arousal from breast milk or lactation.[72]
Galeophilia	Sexual attraction to sharks.[73]
Gargalophilia	Sexual arousal from tickling or being tickled.[74]
Gerontophilia	Elderly people.[75]
Gynandromorphophilia/gynemimetophilia	Transgender women.[4][76]
Gymnophilia	Erotic interest in nudity or naked bodies.[77]
Gynephilia	Females or femininity, regardless of one's own sex or gender identity.[78]

H

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Hair fetishism/trichophilia	Hair.[79]
Hand fetishism/cheirophilia	Hands.
Hebephilia	Children in early adolescence.
Hematolagnia	Drinking or looking at blood.[80]
Heterophilia	Idealization of heterosexuality and/or people who are "straight-acting", especially by non-heterosexual people.[81][82][83]
Hierophilia	Religious/sacred objects.[14]
Hirsutophilia	Erotic interest in body hair, especially excessive hair.[84]
Homilophilia	Sexual arousal from sermons or religious preaching.[85]
Homophilia	Idealization or erotic preference for same-sex partners, especially by non-homosexual individuals.[86]
Hoplophilia	Firearms, guns.[87]
Humiliation fetishism / Humiliophilia	Sexual arousal from being humiliated or humiliating others.[88]
Hybristophilia	Criminals, particularly those who committed cruel or outrageous crimes.[25][89]

I

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Iconophilia	Erotic interest in religious or sacred images.[90]
Ichthyophilia	Sexual attraction to fish.[91]
Igniphilia	Erotic interest in fire or flames.[92]
Infantophilia	Children less than five years old; a recently suggested term that is not in general use.[93]
Integumentophilia	Erotic interest in skin or skin contact.[94]
Impregnation fetishism	The event of being impregnated or impregnating another person.[95]

J

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Jactitation fetishism	Sexual arousal from thrashing or violent bodily movements.[96]
Jouissance fetishism	Erotic interest in overwhelming pleasure or ecstatic states, often linked to loss of control.[97]
Jelly fetishism	Sexual arousal from gelatinous substances such as jelly or slime.[98]
Juvenilophilia	Sexual attraction to juveniles, typically older children or young adolescents (distinct from hebephilia).[99]

K

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Katoptronophilia	Mirrors[100]
Kleptolagnia/kleptophilia	Stealing;[4] a form of kleptomania.
Klismaphilia	Enemas, arousal and enjoyment in receiving, administering, or both.[4][101]

L

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Lactophilia/galactophilia	Breast milk, breastfeeding or sucking on a woman's breasts.[79][102]
Leg fetishism/crurophilia	Legs.[103]
Liquidophilia	Immersing genitals in liquids.[79]

M

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Macrophilia	Giant beings; imagined growth of beings.[79]
Masochism	Suffering or humiliation; being beaten, bound, or otherwise abused.[2]
Mechanophilia	Cars or other machines; also "mechaphilia".[104][105][106]
Melolagnia	Music.[107]
Menophilia	Menstruation.[79]
Metrophilia	Poetry.[107]
Microphilia	Shrunken beings; imagined shrinking of beings.[79]
Morphophilia	Particular body shapes or sizes.[26]
Mucophilia	Mucus.[79]
Mysophilia	Dirtiness, soiled or decaying things.[4]

N

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Narratophilia	Obscene words.[4]
Navel fetishism/alvinophilia	Navel.
Nebulophilia	Fog or smoke.[108]
Necrophilia	Corpses.[2][4][109]
Nose fetishism/nasophilia	Noses.[79]

O

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Objectophilia	Specific inanimate objects.[2]
Oculolinctus	The act of licking the eyes of another person for the purpose of gratification.
Odaxelagnia	Biting or being bitten.
Olfactophilia/bromidrophilia	Smells and odors (particularly foul ones) emanating from the body, especially the sexual areas and/or from the opposite sex (as from bad breath, urine, feces, flatulence, etc.).[4][25]
Omorashi	Having a full bladder and/or wetting oneself, or from seeing someone else experiencing a full bladder and/or wetting themself.

P

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Paraphilic infantilism/autonepiophilia/adult baby syndrome	Dressing or being treated like a baby;[25][110] considerable overlap with diaper fetishism.[57]
Partialism	Specific, non-genital body parts.[2][4]
Pedophilia	Preadolescent children; also spelled paedophilia.[2][111]
Pedovestism	Dressing like a child.[112]
Pictophilia	Pornography or erotic art, particularly pictures.[4][25]
Piquerism	Piercing the flesh of another person, most commonly by stabbing or cutting the body with sharp objects.[113]
Plushophilia	Stuffed toys ("plushies").[114]
Pregnancy fetishism/maiesiophilia	Pregnant women.[115]
Pygophilia	Buttocks.[116]
Pyrophilia	Fire.[117]

R

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Robot fetishism/robophilia	Humanoid robots.

S

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Sadism	Inflicting pain on others.[2]
Salirophilia	Soiling or dirtying others.[4]
Sexual fetishism	Nonliving objects.[2]
Shoe fetishism	Shoes, especially high heels.
Somnophilia/dormaphilia	Being asleep or unconscious, or pretending to be asleep or unconscious.[4][25][118]
Sophophilia	Learning.[119]
Sthenolagnia	Muscles and displays of strength.[79]
Stigmatophilia	Body piercings and tattoos.[5][79]
Symphorophilia	Witnessing or staging disasters such as car accidents.[5]
Telephone scatologia/telephonicophilia/scatophilia	Obscene phone calls, particularly to strangers.[2][25][120]

T

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Teratophilia	Deformed or monstrous people.[3] The term is also sometimes used in a more literal sense (from ancient Greek τέρας, teras, meaning monster) for attraction to monstrous mythical and fictional creatures such as werewolves.
Tickling fetishism/knismolagnia	Tickling.[121]
Toucherism	Touching an unsuspecting, non-consenting person with the hand.[122]
Toxophilia	Archery.[107]
Transvestic fetishism	Cross-dressing.[123]
Timophilia	Gold, wealth, or social status.[124]

U

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Urolagnia/water sports	Urination, particularly in public, on others, and/or being urinated on.[2][4][25][26]

V

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Vorarephilia/vore	The idea of one person or creature eating or being eaten by another; usually swallowed whole, in one piece.[125]
Voyeurism/scopophilia	Watching unsuspecting people while naked/ undressing, engaging in sexual intercourse or other sexual activity, using the toilet, showering/bathing, or inadvertently flashing.[2][26]

W

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Wet and messy fetishism	Messy situations, including, but not limited to, being pied, slimed, or covered in mud.
Wetlook	The wearing of wet clothing

X

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Xenophilia	Foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.[126]

Z

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Zoophilia	Non-human animals.[2][4][25]
Zoosadism	Inflicting pain on animals, or seeing animals in pain.[127]

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