Meaning of dacryphilia | Babel Free

Definitions

A paraphilia in which one is aroused by tears or sobbing.

uncountable

Examples

“On registration, the user is prompted to complete a 'fetish list', most of which the average layman would need a BDSM dictionary for: acts such as Dacryphilia, Cupping or Klismaphilia.”

“Dacryphilia is a non-normative sexual interest that involves enjoyment or arousal from tears and crying, and to date has never been researched empirically.”

“Perhaps dacryphilia, arousal by tears, is nearer to the mark -- certainly in Mandogi's Ghost this seems possible, not least because the text effects a seamless (unwounded) transition between the living Mandogi and (of course) his ghost.”

“The present study depicts the case of Angela M, a straight Romanian woman in her mid-twenties who has a sexual interest in dacryphilia (ie she derives sexual pleasure and arousal from crying and/or tears).”

“FRANKLIN: I don't know. Listen lady, I don't know what you're into- VAN HELSING: Asphyxiaphilia, dacryphilia, sadism, masochism, androphilia, necrophilia, ass worship, and just overall full fledge kink, what about you?”

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