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paraphilic

paraphilic adjective: of or pertaining to a paraphilia.

Adjective

paraphilic (comparative more paraphilic, superlative most paraphilic)

  1. Of or pertaining to a paraphilia.

Noun

paraphilic (plural paraphilics)

  1. One who has a paraphilia.

Antonyms of paraphilic

Forms of paraphilic

Adjective
comparativemore paraphilic
superlativemost paraphilic
Noun
pluralparaphilics

Origin of paraphilic

From paraphilia + -ic.

Words formed from paraphilic

Questions about paraphilic

What does paraphilic mean?
Paraphilic means of or pertaining to a paraphilia.
What part of speech is paraphilic?
Paraphilic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near paraphilic in the dictionary

  1. paraphilia
  2. paraphiliac
  3. paraphiliacs
  4. paraphiliae
  5. paraphilias
  6. paraphilic
  7. paraphilically
  8. paraphilics
  9. paraphilies
  10. paraphillia
  11. paraphillias

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