Citations:fictosexual
English citations of fictosexual
Adjective: "(neologism) sexually and/or romantically attracted to fictional characters"
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- 2017, Morag A. Yule, Lori A. Brotto, & Boris B. Gorzalka, "Sexual Fantasy and Masturbation Among Asexual Individuals: An In-Depth Exploration", Archives of Sexual Behavior, Volume 46 (2017), page 323:
- In fact, there are at least some self-identified asexual individuals who also identify as "fictosexual" or "fictoromantic" […]
- 2020, Gaia Steinberg, "The Relational Matrix: Sexuality, Romance and Coupledom in the Lives of Asexual Individuals", thesis submitted to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, page 7:
- Self-descriptions such as "Sapphic Ace, Alterous, Demisensual, Fictosexual, Aegosexual" (quoted from an AVEN member's profile page) are common on the AVEN forums.
- 2021, Veli-Matti Karhulahti & Tanja Välisalo, "Fictosexuality, Fictoromance, and Fictophilia: A Qualitative Study of Love and Desire for Fictional Characters", Frontiers in Psychology, January 2021:
- Again, even though we use the term fictophilia, it was not used by all discussants and some defined their relationships to a fictional character as fictoromantic, fictosexual, or squish, the latter referring to a non-sexual and non-romantic infatuation.
Noun: "(neologism) a person who is sexually and/or romantically attracted to fictional characters"
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- 2011, Alexa, quoted in Karley Sciortino, "Enter The Dragon", Vice, Volume 18, Number 5, page 50:
- No, but I consider myself a toonophiliac and a fictosexual, so I find cartoon characters and fictional characters to be fine, sexy beasts.
- 2022 April 24, Ben Dooley, Hisako Ueno, “This Man Married a Fictional Character. He’d Like You to Hear Him Out.”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- Over the last year, Mr. Watanabe has counseled hundreds of fictosexuals and issued around 100 marriage certificates, including one for himself and Hibiki Tachibana, a character from the anime series “Symphogear.”