paraphily
English edit
Etymology edit
para- + -phily; compare paraphilia
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: părăʹfĭlĭ, IPA(key): /pæˈɹæfɪlɪ/
Noun edit
paraphily (plural paraphilies)
- (rare) Paraphilia.
- 1921, Wilhelm Stekel, The Beloved Ego, page 238:
- Masochism: Gratification, often sexual sexual in character, derived from mental or physical pain, usually inflicted from without. After Sacher-Masoch, who described this perversion. — (paraphily).