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mastigophilia

mastigophilia noun: paraphilia from beating as punishment.

Noun

mastigophilia (plural mastigophilias)

  1. Paraphilia from beating as punishment.

Forms of mastigophilia

pluralmastigophilias

Origin of mastigophilia

By surface analysis, mastigo- + -philia.

Questions about mastigophilia

What does mastigophilia mean?
Mastigophilia means paraphilia from beating as punishment.
What part of speech is mastigophilia?
Mastigophilia is a noun.
What is the plural of mastigophilia?
The plural of mastigophilia is mastigophilias.

Words near mastigophilia in the dictionary

  1. mastigo-
  2. mastigoneme
  3. mastigonemes
  4. mastigont
  5. mastigonts
  6. mastigophilia
  7. mastigophilias
  8. mastigophobia
  9. mastigophobias
  10. mastigophoran
  11. mastigophorans

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