Meaning of acrotomophilia | Babel Free

Definitions

A paraphilia involving sexual attraction toward amputees.

uncountable

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Examples

“You have to already be afflicted with the syndrome of acrotomophilia (which has its genesis in childhood) in order to be turned-on by amputation stumps.”

“Although there is no adequate explanation of the etiology of acrotomophilia, evidence points to a developmental onset in early childhood...”

“...the fetishistic attachment is not to an object but to a part of the partner's body, for example the hair or, in the case of acrotomophilia, the stump of an amputated limb.”

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