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paraphilia

 
Dictionary: par·a·phil·i·a   (păr'ə-fĭl'ē-ə, -fēl') pronunciation

n.
Any of a group of psychosexual disorders characterized by sexual fantasies, feelings, or activities involving a nonhuman object, a nonconsenting partner such as a child, or pain or humiliation of oneself or one's partner. Also called sexual deviation.

paraphiliac par'a·phil'i·ac n.

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(pər′ə-fil′ē-ə)
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A condition in which a person derives pleasure from bizarre sexual fetishes.

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n.

Sexual practices that are socially prohibited.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: abnormal sexual activity


 
 

 

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