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Paraphilia Specialty Psychiatry

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 or impairment in functioning).[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)".

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.

Paraphilias [ edit ]

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B [ edit ]

Paraphilia Focus of erotic interest Biastophilia/Raptophilia Raping a person, possibly consensual rape fantasy.[5][14]

C [ edit ]

Paraphilia Focus of erotic interest Capnolagnia Smoking.[22] Chremastistophilia Being robbed or held up[14] Chronophilia Partners of a widely differing chronological age[14] Coprophilia Feces; also known as scat, scatophilia or fecophilia[2][23]

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E [ edit ]

Paraphilia Focus of erotic interest Emetophilia Vomit[4] Eproctophilia Flatulence[3] Erotic asphyxiation Asphyxia of oneself or others[26] Erotophonophilia Murder, often of strangers (also known as dacnolagnomania).[11] Exhibitionism Exposing one's genitals to unsuspecting and nonconsenting others[2]

F [ edit ]

Paraphilia Focus of erotic interest Feederism Eating, feeding, and weight gain.[27] Formicophilia Being crawled on by insects[14][28] Forniphilia Turning a human being into a piece of furniture Frotteurism Rubbing against a non-consenting person[2]

G [ edit ]

Paraphilia Focus of erotic interest Gerontophilia Elderly people[29] Gynandromorphophilia, Gynemimetophilia Transsexual or transgender women[4][30]

H [ edit ]

Paraphilia Focus of erotic interest Hematolagnia Drinking or looking at blood[31] Heterophilia Idealization of heterosexuality and/or people who are "straight-acting", especially by non-heterosexual people.[32][33][34] Homeovestism Wearing clothing emblematic of one's own sex[35][36] Hoplophilia Firearms, guns[37] Hybristophilia Criminals, particularly those who committed cruel or outrageous crimes[14][38]

I [ edit ]

Paraphilia Focus of erotic interest Infantophilia Pedophilia with a focus on children less than five years old, a recently suggested term that is not in general use[39]

K [ edit ]

Paraphilia Focus of erotic interest Kleptophilia Stealing; also known as kleptolagnia[4] Klismaphilia Enemas, arousal and enjoyment in receiving, administering, or both[4]

L [ edit ]

Paraphilia Focus of erotic interest Lactophilia Breast milk[40] Liquidophilia Immersing genitals in liquids[40]

M [ edit ]

Paraphilia Focus of erotic interest Macrophilia Giant beings; the imagined growth of beings[40] Maschalagnia Armpits[3] Mazophilia Female breasts. Masochism Suffering or humiliation; being beaten, bound or otherwise abused[2] Mechanophilia Cars or other machines; also "mechaphilia."[41][42][43] Melolagnia Music[44] Menophilia Menstruation[40] Metrophilia Poetry[44] Microphilia Very small people or small body parts Morphophilia Particular body shapes or sizes[15] Mucophilia Mucus[40] Mysophilia Dirtiness, soiled or decaying things[4]

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O [ edit ]

Paraphilia Focus of erotic interest Objectophilia Specific inanimate objects[2] Oculophilia Eyes and activities directly relating to and/or involving the eyes. Voyeurism does not meet classification for this term. Olfactophilia Smells and odors emanating from the body, especially the sexual areas.[4][14] Omorashi Arousal from having a full bladder and/or wetting oneself, or from seeing someone else experiencing a full bladder and/or wetting him- or herself.

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T [ edit ]

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. Toucherism Touching an unsuspecting, non-consenting person with the hand[55] Toxophilia Archery[44] Transvestic fetishism Wearing clothes associated with the opposite sex; also known as transvestism[2] Transvestophilia A transvestic sexual partner[14] Trichophilia Hair[40] Troilism Observing one's partner engaged in sexual activities with another person[4][15]

U [ edit ]

Paraphilia Focus of erotic interest Urolagnia Urination, particularly in public, on others, and/or being urinated on. Also referred to as "water sports".[2][4][14][15]

V [ edit ]

Paraphilia Focus of erotic interest Vorarephilia The idea of one person or creature eating or being eaten by another; usually swallowed whole, in one piece; also known as vore[56] Voyeurism Watching others while naked or having sex, generally without their knowledge; also known as scopophilia or scoptophilia[2][15]

W [ edit ]

Paraphilia Focus of erotic interest Wet and messy fetishism Messy situations, including, but not limited to, being pied, gunged or covered in mud

Z [ edit ]

Paraphilia Focus of erotic interest Zoophilia Animals[2][4][14] Zoosadism Inflicting pain on or seeing animals in pain[57]

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