teratophilia
/ˌtɛ.ɹə.təˈfɪ.li.ə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The paraphilia, or abnormal sexual attraction, to people with disabilities or deformities, has been classified as teratophilia."
- "Chinese memes about Venom, combined with the silliness of Sony’s charm offensive and Venom’s depicted earnestness, seem to have generated huge interest in the movie from Chinese audiences. And before we throw stones at Chinese teratophilia, you have to remember that there are plenty of Americans who want to do bad things with the symbiote too."
Etymology
Etymology tree English terato- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der. English -philia English teratophilia From terato- + -philia.