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Paraphilia

A paraphilia is an uncommon, intense, and persistent sexual arousal or attraction to anything not sexual by nature, though preference is favored for specific designations. Paraphilia has also been defined as a sexual interest in anything other than a legally consenting human partner. Paraphilias are contrasted with normophilic ("normal") sexual…

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Associated terms
Normophilia (antonym)
Coined by
Friedrich Salomon Krauss
Definition
Atypical sexual interest
Etymology
παρά (para; other) + φιλία (philia; loving)
Synonyms
Sexual perversion (1880s–1920) · Sexual deviation (1952–1980; DSM and ICD)

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Paraphilia

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Edges100
Triples70
Avg. degree1.98
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Paraphilia

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related to Inclusion and subsequent exclusion of homosexuality · 13
Paraphilia → American Psychiatric Association, As, By, Code, DSM, Homosexuality, Martin Kafka, Oedipal, Originally, Sexual, Sexual Theory, Sigmund Freud, Three Essays
related to Characteristics · 8
Paraphilia → Boy Scouts, Paraphilias, Paraphilic, Persons, Research, Scientific, Some, These
related to Etymology · 8
Paraphilia → Coinage, DSM, Friedrich Salomon Krauss, Greek, It, John Money, The, Wilhelm Stekel
related to history · 8
Paraphilia → Albert Eulenburg, All, In, John Money, Many, Psychiatrist Glen Gabbard, They, Wilhelm Stekel
related to Paraphilic disorder · 6
Paraphilia → Diseases, In, International Classification, Mental Disorders DSM-5-TR, Statistical Manual, The United States Diagnostic
has cause · 5
Paraphilia → Behavioral, No, Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, The, Wilson Sex Fantasy Questionnaire
related to Criticism of common definitions · 5
Paraphilia → Charles Allen Moser, DSM, Ray Blanchard, Some, There
related to Among women · 3
Paraphilia → Men, Paraphilias, Sexual
Synonyms · 2
Paraphilia → Sexual deviation (1952–1980; DSM and ICD), Sexual perversion (1880s–1920)
related to Definition · 2
Paraphilia → As, There

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sexual paraphilias paraphilic interest fantasies interests although people sexuality dsm homosexuality causes men common definition term sex disorders masochism specific

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ParaphiliaAssociated termsNormophilia (antonym)1.00infobox
ParaphiliaCoined byFriedrich Salomon Krauss1.00infobox
ParaphiliaDefinitionAtypical sexual interest1.00infobox
ParaphiliaEtymologyπαρά (para; other) + φιλία (philia; loving)1.00infobox
ParaphiliaSynonymsSexual perversion (1880s–1920)1.00infobox
ParaphiliaSynonymsSexual deviation (1952–1980; DSM and ICD)1.00infobox
Paraphiliais auncommon0.90text
the paraphilias in the DSMinstance ofNon-human objectsThe suffering or humiliation of oneself or one's partnerPrepubescent childrenNon-consenting individualsCriticism of common definitionsThere is scientific and po…0.80text
due to the stigma of being classified as a mental illnessinstance ofNon-human objectsThe suffering or humiliation of oneself or one's partnerPrepubescent childrenNon-consenting individualsCriticism of common definitionsThere is scientific and po…0.80text
the paraphilias in the DSMinstance ofNon-human objectsThe suffering or humiliation of oneself or one's partnerPrepubescent childrenNon-consenting individuals Criticism of common definitionsThere is scientific and p…0.80text
due to the stigma of being classified as a mental illnessinstance ofNon-human objectsThe suffering or humiliation of oneself or one's partnerPrepubescent childrenNon-consenting individuals Criticism of common definitionsThere is scientific and p…0.80text
the Kama Sutrainstance ofSome ancient sex manuals0.80text

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