mesophilia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
meso- + -philia. In the paraphilia sense, coined by psychologist Michael Seto in 2016.
Noun[edit]
mesophilia (uncountable)
- (biology) A preference for moderate temperatures.
- Coordinate terms: cryophilia, psychrophilia, thermophilia
- A paraphilic sexual preference for middle-aged people.
- Hypernym: chronophilia
- 2019, William T. O'Donohue, Daniel S. Bromberg, Sexually Violent Predators: A Clinical Science Handbook, page 41:
- Michael Seto's (2016) "chronophilia" system is a series of paraphilias […] from infancy (nepiophilia) and pedophilia (prepubescent children) to […] mesophilia (middle-aged adults, typically in their 40s or 50s), and gerontophilia (elderly adults, typically 60s or older).
- 2021, Leam A. Craig, Ross M. Bartels, Sexual Deviance, page 47:
- If sexual interest in mature women (mesophilia) can be understood by a dysfunctional youthfulness module (and hence a lack of a force pulling in the opposite direction of maturity), only the first two factors should play a role (H3).