List of paraphilias

s are sexual interests in objects, situations, or individuals that are atypical. The American Psychiatric Association, in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition, draws a distinction between paraphilias and paraphilic disorders. Some paraphilias have more than one term to describe them, and some terms overlap with others. Paraphilias without DSM codes listed come under DSM 302.9, "Paraphilia NOS ".
In his 2008 book on sexual pathologies, Anil Aggrawal compiled a list of 547 terms describing paraphilic sexual interests. He cautioned, however, that "not all these paraphilias have necessarily been seen in clinical setups. This may not be because they do not exist, but because they are so innocuous they are never brought to the notice of clinicians or dismissed by them. Like allergies, sexual arousal may occur from anything under the sun, including the sun."
Most of the following names for paraphilias, constructed in the nineteenth and especially twentieth centuries from Greek and Latin roots, are used in medical contexts only.

Paraphilias

A

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Abasiophilia	People with impaired mobility.
Acrotomophilia	People with amputations.
Acomoclitism	A lack of pubic hair.
Actirasty	The Sun.
Acucullophilia	Circumcised genitals.
Acralagnia	Extremities, such as fingers, toes, or earlobes.
Agalmatophilia	Statues, mannequins and immobility.
Agrexophilia	Having other people know about one's sexual activities.
Algolagnia	Pain, particularly involving an erogenous zone; differs from masochism as there is a biologically different interpretation of the intense sensation rather than a subjective interpretation.
Amaurophilia	Being unable to see, i.e. blindness or the presence of a blindfold.
Amelotasis	Limb deformities or malformations.
Amokoscisia	Slashing and mutilating women.
Amychophilia	Scratching or being scratched.
Andromimetophilia	Transgender men.
Anililagnia	Attraction by young men to older women.
Antholagnia	Flowers.
Anthropophagolagnia	Raping and then cannibalizing another person.
Apotemnophilia	Being an amputee.
Aquaphilia	People swimming, posing, or drowning in water.
Armpit fetishism/maschalagnia	Armpits.
Asphyxiophilia	Asphyxia or strangling of oneself or others.
Attraction to disability	People with one or more physical disabilities.
Autagonistophilia	Being on stage or on camera.
Autoanilingus	Fantasizing about performing anilingus on oneself.
Autassassinophilia	Being in life-threatening situations.
Autoerotic asphyxiation	Self-induced asphyxiation, sometimes to the point of near unconsciousness.
Autofellatio	Performing oral sex on oneself.
Autohemofetishism	Making oneself bleed, a type of hematolagnia.
Autonepiophilia	The image of oneself in the form of an infant.
Autopedophilia	The image of oneself in the form of a child.
Autoplushophilia	The image of oneself in the form of a plush.
Autovampirism/vampirism	The image of oneself in the form of a vampire. Involves ingesting or seeing one's own blood.
Autozoophilia	The image of oneself in the form of an animal.

B

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Belly fetishism/alvinolagnia	The midriff or belly.
Biastophilia/raptophilia	Raping a person, possibly as a consensual rape fantasy.
Body inflation fetishism	Fantasizing about the inflation of body parts.
Body modification fetishism	Tattoos, piercings, scarification, and other body alterations.
Bondage	Being tied up or physically restrained.
Breast fetishism/mazophilia	Female breasts.

C

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Cacophilia	Loud or unpleasant sounds.
Candaulism	Exposing one's partner or images of their partner to others.
Cannibalism/anthropophagy	Ingesting human flesh.
Canophilia	Dogs.
Capnolagnia	Smoking.
Catoptrophilia	Mirrors or reflections.
Cenophilia	Empty spaces or voids.
Cheirophilia	Hands or hand contact.
Chremastistophilia	Being robbed or held up.
Chronophilia	Partners of a widely differing chronological age.
Claustrophilia	Confined or enclosed spaces.
Climacophilia	Falling down stairs.
Clothing fetishism	Specific garments such as lingerie, uniforms, or latex wear.
Coprophilia/scatophilia/fecophilia	Feces.
Coulrophilia	Clowns.
Crush fetishism	Crushing objects or small animals.
Cryophilia	Ice or cold temperatures.
Cuckolding fetishism/troilism	Observing one's partner engaged in sexual activities with another person.

D

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Dacnophilia	Biting or being bitten.
Dacryphilia	Tears or crying.
Diaper fetishism	Diapers; considerable overlap with paraphilic infantilism.
Dendrophilia	Trees.
Doll fetishism / Dollophilia	Dolls, especially life-sized or sexualized ones.
Dippoldism	Corporal punishment of children.
Dysmorphophilia	One's own perceived physical deformities.

E

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Ecdysiophilia	Stripteasing or undressing.
Electrophilia	Electricity or electric stimulation, including shocks.
Emetophilia	Vomit.
Emetolagnia	Watching others vomit.
Enopliophilia	Weapons or armed individuals.
Eproctophilia	Flatulence.
Erotophonophilia/dacnolagnomania	Murder, often of strangers.
Exhibitionism/peodeiktophilia	Exposing one's genitals to unsuspecting and nonconsenting others.
Exophilia	Extraterrestrials.
Entomophilia	Insects.

F

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Fat fetishism/adipophilia	Overweight or obese people.
Feederism	Eating, feeding, and weight gain.
Food play/sitophilia	Erotic situations involving food.
Foot fetishism/podophilia	Feet.
Formicophilia	Being crawled on by insects.
Forniphilia	Turning a human being into a piece of furniture.
Free use	Being "used" sexually by a sexual partner whenever they are aroused.
Frotteurism	Rubbing against a non-consenting person.

G

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Galactophilia	Breast milk or lactation.
Galeophilia	Sharks.
Gargalophilia	Tickling or being tickled.
Gerontophilia	Elderly people.
Globophilia	Balloons, including inflating, popping, or rubbing them.
Gynandromorphophilia/gynemimetophilia	Transgender women.
Gymnophilia	Erotic interest in nudity or naked bodies.
Gynephilia	Females or femininity, regardless of one's own sex or gender identity.

H

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Hair fetishism/trichophilia	Hair.
Hand fetishism/cheirophilia	Hands.
Hebephilia	Children in early adolescence.
Hematolagnia	Drinking or looking at blood.
Heterophilia	Idealization of heterosexuality and/or people who are "straight-acting", especially by non-heterosexual people.
Hierophilia	Religious/sacred objects.
Hirsutophilia	Body hair, especially excessive hair.
Homilophilia	Sermons or religious preaching.
Homophilia	Idealization or erotic preference for same-sex partners, especially by non-homosexual individuals.
Hoplophilia	Firearms, guns.
Humiliation fetishism / Humiliophilia	Humiliation or humiliating others.
Hybristophilia	Criminals, particularly those who committed cruel or outrageous crimes.

I

Paraphilia	Focus of erotic interest
Iconophilia	Religious or sacred images.
Ichthyophilia	Fish.
Igniphilia	Fire or flames.
Infantophilia	Children less than five years old; a recently suggested term that is not in general use.
Integumentophilia	Skin or skin contact.
Impregnation fetishism	The event of being impregnated or impregnating another person.