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autozoophilia

autozoophilia noun: synonym of petplay (“a fetish activity in which one takes on the role of an animal, sometimes as the pet of another”).

Noun

autozoophilia (uncountable)

  1. (formal) Synonym of petplay (“a fetish activity in which one takes on the role of an animal, sometimes as the pet of another”).
    • Species dysphoria in zoophilic men can be understood as an outgrowth of autozoophilia, just as gender dysphoria in gynephilic men can be understood as an outgrowth of autogynephilia.2009 April, Anne A. Lawrence, “Erotic Target Location Errors: An Underappreciated Paraphilic Dimension”, in Journal of Sex Research, volume 46, numbers 2–3, Routledge; Society for the Scientific...
    • Real animals share some physical similarity with anthropomorphic animals, suggesting that some male furries may additionally experience both sexual attraction to real animals (zoophilia) and sexual arousal by the fantasy of being a real animal (autozoophilia), if they are motivated by an ETII.2019 July, KJ Hsu, JM Bailey, “The "Furry" Phenomenon: Characterizing Sexual Orientation, Sexual Motivation, and Erotic Target Identity Inversions in Male Furries”, in Archives of Sexual Behavior...
    Synonyms:
    petplay

Synonyms of autozoophilia

Origin of autozoophilia

From auto- (“reflexive, regarding or to oneself”) + zoophilia (“the human sexual attraction to non-human animals”). Coined in 2009 by the American psychologist, sexologist and physician Anne Lawrence.

Questions about autozoophilia

What does autozoophilia mean?
Autozoophilia means synonym of petplay (“a fetish activity in which one takes on the role of an animal, sometimes as the pet of another”).
What part of speech is autozoophilia?
Autozoophilia is a noun.

Words near autozoophilia in the dictionary

  1. autozooecium
  2. autozooid
  3. autozooidal
  4. autozooids
  5. autozoom
  6. autozoophilia
  7. autozygome
  8. autozygomes
  9. autozygosity
  10. autozygous
  11. autrefois acquit

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