schediaphilia

English

Etymology

From Greek σχέδιο (schédio, “drawing”) (from Ancient Greek σχέδιος (skhédios, “something done or made offhand”)) +‎ -philia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌskɛdiəˈfɪliə/

Noun

schediaphilia (uncountable)

1. A paraphilia in which a person is sexually attracted to cartoon characters.
   • 2006, Parkett Series with Contemporary Artists - Issue 78, page 36:

     Crumb, as a cartoonist, also summons ideas of Schediaphilia

   • 2015 March 5, Ben Travers, “Review: ‘Archer’ Season 6 Episode 9, ‘Pocket Listing,’ Gets Graphic”, in IndieWire:

     And when I say “peak crescendo,” I mean a graphic, heated and relatively lengthy sex scene between two of characters sure to inspire many viewers to seek help for schediaphilia.

   • 2018, Heather Salazar, Roderick Nicholls, The Philosophy of Spirituality, page 84:

     We can also describe making love, bondage games, pedophilia, frotteurism, necrophilia, schediaphilia, autoerotic asphyxiation, and anthropophagolagnia as "sexual' (just to give a few examples), but we would not assume those behaviors were categorically motivated by the same deesires or resulted in something humane or admirable.

   • 2019 November 23, “Evolution may have answers to schediaphilia”, in Daily Times:

     (see title)

Synonyms

• toonophilia