Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

schediaphilia

/ˌskɛdiəˈfɪliə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sche-diaphil-ia
IPA: /ˌskɛdiəˈfɪliə/

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A paraphilia in which a person is sexually attracted to cartoon characters.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Crumb, as a cartoonist, also summons ideas of Schediaphilia"
"And when I say “peak crescendo,” I mean a graphic, heated and relatively lengthy sex scene between two of characters sure to inspire many viewers to seek help for schediaphilia."
"We can also describe making love, bondage games, pedophilia, frotteurism, necrophilia, schediaphilia, autoerotic asphyxiation, and anthropophagolagnia as "sexual' (just to give a few examples), but we would not assume those behaviors were categorically motivated by the same deesires or resulted in something humane or admirable."
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Etymology

From Greek σχέδιο (schédio, “drawing”) (from Ancient Greek σχέδιος (skhédios, “something done or made offhand”)) + -philia.

Origin

Source language: Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: σχέδιο, σχέδιος
Suffix: philia

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

fictosexuality toonophilia nijikon

Questions

How do you pronounce schediaphilia?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌskɛdiəˈfɪliə/.
What does schediaphilia mean?: A paraphilia in which a person is sexually attracted to cartoon characters.
Where does schediaphilia come from?: It is traced to Greek.

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