aquaphilia

noun
/ˌækwɐˈfɪliə/UK/ˌækwəˈfɪliə/US

Etymology

From aqua- + -philia, from Latin aqua (“water”) + Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “love, affection”). Literally: “love of water”.

  1. derived from φιλία
  2. derived from aqua

Definitions

  1. A sexual attraction to general imagery of people in water, sexual acts in water, or…

    A sexual attraction to general imagery of people in water, sexual acts in water, or watery environments.

    • aquaphilia, n. sexual fetish involving water or swimming; American The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition is my favorite — I love those underwater aquaphilia shots.
    • ...aquaphilia fetishism (showing women as swimming or in swimming suits, introduction of the character in the rain, waterfalls, river, sea etc to emphasis the body contour)...
    • ... aquaphilia (a.k.a. "hydrophilia" a paraphilia in which individuals derive sexual pleasure and arousal from water and / or watery environments including bathtubs or swimming pools).
  2. A compulsive desire for water.

    • Lunacol was developed for the treatment of the astronauts' syndrome, luneurosis, a compulsive desire for water, or aquaphilia, and a wish to swim like a fish.
    • Stalin's "aquaphilia", which required the damming up of every body of water for purposes of generating electricity, also left visible and invisible scars on the ecological map.
  3. The biological and societal attraction to water.

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No curated loop yet for aquaphilia. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA