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asphyxiophiliac

asphyxiophiliac noun: a person who enjoys erotic asphyxiation.

Noun

asphyxiophiliac (plural asphyxiophiliacs)

  1. A person who enjoys erotic asphyxiation.
    • I am an asphyxiophiliac. I started to strangle myself when I was sixteen. I didn't hang myself, however, I choked!1995, John M. Grossberg, Eccentric and Bizarre Behaviors, Wiley, →ISBN, page 112
    • The lust murderer, the necrophile, the autassassinophilac and the asphyxiophiliac are defined and diagnosed within sexology partly by their compulsion to perform their act.2011, Sarah Toulalan, Bodies, Sex and Desire from the Renaissance to the Present, Springer, →ISBN, page 217

Forms of asphyxiophiliac

pluralasphyxiophiliacs

Origin of asphyxiophiliac

From asphyxiophilia + -ac.

Questions about asphyxiophiliac

What does asphyxiophiliac mean?
Asphyxiophiliac means a person who enjoys erotic asphyxiation.
What part of speech is asphyxiophiliac?
Asphyxiophiliac is a noun.
What is the plural of asphyxiophiliac?
The plural of asphyxiophiliac is asphyxiophiliacs.

Words near asphyxiophiliac in the dictionary

  1. asphyxiatory
  2. asphyxic
  3. asphyxied
  4. asphyxies
  5. asphyxiophilia
  6. asphyxiophiliac
  7. asphyxiophiliacs
  8. asphyxy
  9. asphyxying
  10. ASPI
  11. aspic

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