coulrophilia

Definitions

A paraphilia consisting of sexual attraction to clowns, jesters and mimes.

uncountable

Examples

“If you're charmed by incompetence, that's just another kind of coulrophilia.”

“This volume of stories covers auto flagellation (self spanking), serviphilia (sexual servitude), agalmatophilia (mannequin sex), microphilia (attraction to small people), knismolagnia (sexual tickling), coulrophilia (clowns), gerontophilia, […]”

“The blog recognizes its controversiality by informing about teratophilia, the ability to see⟳ beauty in the unusual and a sexual preference for individuals having unusual appearance, and its subgenre coulrophilia, sexual attraction to clowns”

“The ascending of Jocund Jupiter may give⟳ you a case of coulrophilia, but this variety will draw⟳ clowns to YOU.”

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