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autochorissexualism

autochorissexualism noun: a sexual orientation characterized by a disconnect between the self and sexual arousal or fantasies, e.g. having sexual fantasies that do not involve oneself, or experiencing arousal without an active desire for partnered sexual activity.

Noun

autochorissexualism (uncountable)

  1. A sexual orientation characterized by a disconnect between the self and sexual arousal or fantasies, e.g. having sexual fantasies that do not involve oneself, or experiencing arousal without an active desire for partnered sexual activity.
    • To test more formally some of these ideas on autochorissexualism and automonosexualism, more research needs to be done on the sexual fantasies of masturbating asexuals.2015, Anthony F. Bogaert, Understanding Asexuality, page 120
    • The qualitative data provided little support to the idea some asexual individuals in the ABDL community may display autochorissexualism.2018, Brian D. Zamboni, Grace Madero, “Exploring asexuality within an adult baby/diaper lover community”, in Psychology & Sexuality, volume 9, number 2

Synonyms of autochorissexualism

Origin of autochorissexualism

Coined by Anthony Bogaert in 2012, from auto- + χωρίς (khōrís, “without”) + sexualism, for a rough meaning of "without-self-sexuality."

Questions about autochorissexualism

What does autochorissexualism mean?
Autochorissexualism means a sexual orientation characterized by a disconnect between the self and sexual arousal or fantasies, e.g. having sexual fantasies that do not involve oneself, or experiencing arousal without an active desire for partnered sexual activity.
What part of speech is autochorissexualism?
Autochorissexualism is a noun.

Words near autochorissexualism in the dictionary

  1. autochemophoresis
  2. autochemotactic
  3. autochemotaxis
  4. autochoric
  5. autochorissexual
  6. autochorissexualism
  7. autochorissexuality
  8. autochorous
  9. autochorously
  10. autochory
  11. autochrome

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