paraphilic

Examples

• All

• Section one of the EPES covers all the major paraphilic patterns investigated in the present study.

  Academic text (1990)

• Each of these paraphilic patterns was treated as a dichotomous variable indicating its presence or absence.

  Academic text (1990)

• Furthermore, the original version of the hypothesis did not include any specification of paraphilic target person preferences, although some were already known.

  Academic text (1990)

• The difference between the non-transvestite fetishists and the two above paraphilic patterns did not even reach the p < 0.05 significance level.

  Academic text (1990)

• For example, some of the putative expressions of a courtship disorder may be connected with another paraphilic activity preference, such as sadism.

  Academic text (1990)

• The likelihood that the choosing of adults and children alike as target persons of paraphilic activities may be connected with courtship disorder has been demonstrated earlier (Freund & Blanchard, 1986).

  Academic text (1990)

• Separate comparisons of the contrasted groups showed two highly significant differences: Sadism and non-sadistic masochism were significantly more often accompanied by any of the other paraphilic patterns considered than non-sadistic rape.

  Academic text (1990)

• The analysis also showed that in addition to a preference for unfamiliar target persons, there exist three paraphilic target-person preferences that are related to courtship disorder, though this relationship is much weaker than the connection between courtship disorder and the preference for unfamiliarity of target persons in paraphilic activity.

  Academic text (1990)

• Many paraphilic behaviors can be a subject of psychological study when understanding human sexuality.

• The therapist explained that paraphilic tendencies can vary greatly from person to person.

Synonyms

K

kinky

vsparaphilic

• NSFW

66 9.1

Unusual in a sexual way that people find exciting

is a neutral clinical label for atypical sexual interests rather than playful

P

perverted

vsparaphilic

• Offensive

24 8.6

Having sexual interests that most people find abnormal or unacceptable

is a neutral clinical description of atypical interests without moral condemnation

Antonyms

N

normal

∞ 1.0

Usual or expected in most situations

C

conventional

175 2.8

Doing things in the usual way most people expect, not new or original

How Atypical

pathological

• Specialized

9 7.5

paraphilic

• NSFW

9.9

atypical

27 5.7

typical

843 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology