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schediaphilia

/ˌskɛdiəˈfɪliə/

schediaphilia noun: a paraphilia in which a person is sexually attracted to cartoon characters.

Noun

schediaphilia (uncountable)

  1. A paraphilia in which a person is sexually attracted to cartoon characters.
    • Crumb, as a cartoonist, also summons ideas of Schediaphilia2006, Parkett Series with Contemporary Artists - Issue 78, page 36
    • And when I say “peak crescendo,” I mean a graphic, heated and relatively lengthy sex scene between two of characters sure to inspire many viewers to seek help for schediaphilia.2015 March 5, Ben Travers, “Review: ‘Archer’ Season 6 Episode 9, ‘Pocket Listing,’ Gets Graphic”, in IndieWire
    Synonyms:
    fictosexuality, toonophilia, nijikon

Synonyms of schediaphilia

Origin of schediaphilia

From Greek σχέδιο (schédio, “drawing”) (from Ancient Greek σχέδιος (skhédios, “something done or made offhand”)) + -philia.

Questions about schediaphilia

What does schediaphilia mean?
Schediaphilia means a paraphilia in which a person is sexually attracted to cartoon characters.
What part of speech is schediaphilia?
Schediaphilia is a noun.
How do you pronounce schediaphilia?
Schediaphilia is pronounced /ˌskɛdiəˈfɪliə/.

Words near schediaphilia in the dictionary

  1. sched.
  2. Schedar
  3. schede
  4. Schedel
  5. schedes
  6. schediaphilia
  7. schediasm
  8. schediasms
  9. schediastic
  10. Schedius
  11. schedj

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