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somnophilia

somnophilia noun: a paraphilia in which an individual becomes sexually aroused by someone who is unconscious.

Noun

somnophilia (uncountable)

  1. A paraphilia in which an individual becomes sexually aroused by someone who is unconscious.
    • In contrast, Calef and Weinshel (1972) suggested that somnophilia may be a neurotic equivalent of necrophilia.2008, D. Richard Laws, William T. O'Donohue, Sexual deviance: theory, assessment, and treatment, page 401
  2. Any sex act during which one of the partners is asleep or close to falling asleep.
    Synonyms:
    somno

Synonyms of somnophilia

Origin of somnophilia

From somno- + -philia.

Words formed from somnophilia

Questions about somnophilia

What does somnophilia mean?
Somnophilia means a paraphilia in which an individual becomes sexually aroused by someone who is unconscious.
What part of speech is somnophilia?
Somnophilia is a noun.

Words near somnophilia in the dictionary

  1. somnology
  2. somnolytic
  3. somnolytics
  4. somnopathy
  5. somnopentyl
  6. somnophilia
  7. somnophiliac
  8. somnophiliacs
  9. somnoplasty
  10. somnorific
  11. somnos

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