paraphily
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From para- + -phily; compare paraphilia.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: părăʹfĭlĭ, IPA(key): /pæˈɹæfɪlɪ/
Noun
[edit]paraphily (plural paraphilies)
- (rare) Paraphilia.
- 1921, Wilhelm Stekel, The Beloved Ego, page 238:
- Masochism: Gratification, often sexual sexual in character, derived from mental or physical pain, usually inflicted from without. After Sacher-Masoch, who described this perversion. — (paraphily).