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acrotomophilia

noun

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἀκρότομος (akrótomos, “having the top cut off”) + φιλία (philía).

  1. derived from ἀκρότομος

Definitions

  1. A paraphilia involving sexual attraction toward amputees.

    • You have to already be afflicted with the syndrome of acrotomophilia (which has its genesis in childhood) in order to be turned-on by amputation stumps.
    • Although there is no adequate explanation of the etiology of acrotomophilia, evidence points to a developmental onset in early childhood...
    • ...the fetishistic attachment is not to an object but to a part of the partner's body, for example the hair or, in the case of acrotomophilia, the stump of an amputated limb.

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