paraphilia

English

Etymology

From para- (“abnormal”) +‎ -philia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌparəˈfɪlɪ.ə/
• enPR: păr'ə-fĭl'ē-ə

Noun

paraphilia (plural paraphilias or paraphiliae)

1. (sexology) An abnormal sexual arousal or attraction, especially to objects or situations that are not of a sexual nature; typically of extreme or pathological nature.

   Antonym: normophilia

2. (sexology) 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).

Related terms

• paraphiliac

Translations

sexual deviation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 性慾倒錯／性欲倒错 (xìngyùdàocuò)

• Danish: parafili c
• Finnish: parafilia (fi)
• French: paraphilie (fr) f
• Greek: παραφιλία (el) f (parafilía)
• Icelandic: kynlífsafbrigði f
• Japanese: 性的倒錯 (せいてきとうさく, seiteki tōsaku), 性的嗜好障害 (せいてきしこうしょうがい, seiteki shikō shōgai), 性嗜好異常 (せいしこういじょう, seishikō ijō)
• Kazakh: парафилия (parafiliä)
• Korean: 이상 성욕 (isang seong'yok), 성도착(性倒錯) (seongdochak)
• Polish: parafilia (pl) f
• Russian: парафили́я (ru) f (parafilíja)
• Spanish: parafilia (es) f
• Swedish: parafili c
• Thai: โรคกามวิปริต
• Turkish: parafili
• Vietnamese: lệch lạc tình dục

See also

• fetish

Further reading

• paraphilia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia