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paraphilia

[par-uh-fil-ee-uh]

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noun Psychiatry.

a type of mental disorder characterized by a preference for or obsession with unusual sexual practices, as pedophilia, sadomasochism, or exhibitionism.

Also called sexual deviation.

Origin:
1920–25; para-¹ + -philia, on the model of paranoia

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paraphilia (ˌpærəˈfɪlɪə)

—n
	any abnormal sexual behaviour; sexual anomaly or deviation

[C20: from para-¹ + -philia, from Greek philos loving]

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Word Origin & History

paraphilia

1925, in translation of work by Viennese-born psychotherapist Wilhelm Stekel (1868-1940), who coined it from Gk. para- "beside, aside" + philos "loving." Used in Eng. translations of his works; not in widespread use until 1950s. first used in "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" in

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1980, as a morally neutral and more dignified label than perversion, to which it is nonetheless etymologically similar.

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Medical Dictionary

paraphilia n.
Sexual practices that are socially prohibited.