somnophilia

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somnophilia

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uncountable A paraphilia in which an individual becomes sexually aroused by someone who is unconscious. In contrast, Calef and Weinshel (1972) suggested that somnophilia may be a neurotic equivalent of necrophilia.
uncountable Any sex act during which one of the partners is asleep or close to falling asleep.
Similar: somno

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noun sexual attraction to unconscious people

Español	somnofilia
Português	somnofilia
Français	somnophilie
Deutsch	Somnophilie
Italiano	somnofilia
Русский	сомнофилия somnofilija

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@misc{somnophilia_2026,
  title = {somnophilia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/somnophilia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}