autonepiophilia
Syllables: au·to·nep·i·oh·phil·ia/ˌɔːtəʊˌniːpiəʊˈfɪliə/
autonepiophilia noun: paraphilic infantilism with oneself in the role of the infant or toddler, wearing diapers, engaging in child-like activities and engaging with childish paraphernalia; a kink in which one imagines themselves as a baby or toddler, part of ABDL.
Noun
autonepiophilia (uncountable)
- Paraphilic infantilism with oneself in the role of the infant or toddler, wearing diapers, engaging in child-like activities and engaging with childish paraphernalia; a kink in which one imagines themselves as a baby or toddler, part of ABDL.
- With one kind of chronophilia called autonepiophilia, sexual arousal and pleasure are dependent on, and responsive to, pretending to be a baby in diapers and having one's sexual partner play along.2004, Nancy Butcher, The Strange Case of the Walking Corpse
- Infantilism, also known as autonepiophilia (Money, 1986) is a paraphilia characteristic of a masquerade in which an individual is symbolically transformed back to infancy.2006, Eric W. Hickey, Sex Crimes and Paraphilia, page 355
- Synonyms:
- adult baby syndrome
Synonyms of autonepiophilia
Origin of autonepiophilia
From auto- + nepiophilia. Coined by New Zealand-American psychologist and sexologist John Money in 1986.
Words that rhyme with autonepiophilia
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- microphilia
- necrophilia
- philia
- -philia
- ephebophilia
- geophilia
- gerontophilia
- pedophilia
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- vorarephilia
- xenophilia
- zoophilia
- androphilia
- aptophilia
- asphyxiophilia
- autoandrogynemorphophilia
- autoandrophilia
- autogynandromorphophilia
- autogynephilia
- cilia
- claustrophilia
- coprophilia
- discophilia
- eproctophilia
- glossophilia
- haemophilia
- inflatophilia
- Japanophilia
- juvenilia
- Kabylia
- klismaphilia
- Laconophilia
- limnophilia
- lithophilia
- logophilia
- lygophilia
- macrophilia
- milia
- nyctophilia
- opacarophilia
- plushophilia
- scopophilia
- sillier
- teratophilia
- urophilia
Questions about autonepiophilia
- What does autonepiophilia mean?
- Autonepiophilia means paraphilic infantilism with oneself in the role of the infant or toddler, wearing diapers, engaging in child-like activities and engaging with childish paraphernalia; a kink in which one imagines themselves as a baby or toddler, part of ABDL.
- What part of speech is autonepiophilia?
- Autonepiophilia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce autonepiophilia?
- Autonepiophilia is pronounced /ˌɔːtəʊˌniːpiəʊˈfɪliə/.
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