This article is a list of paraphilia

Paraphilia

Paraphilia is a biomedical term used to describe sexual arousal to objects, situations, or individuals that are not part of normative stimulation and that may cause distress or serious problems for the paraphiliac or persons associated with him or her...

s, paraphilia being a biomedical term used to describe sexual arousal

Sexual arousal

Sexual arousal, or sexual excitement, is the arousal of sexual desire, during or in anticipation of sexual activity. Things that precipitate human sexual arousal are called erotic stimuli, or colloquially known as turn-ons. There are many potential stimuli, both physical or mental, which can cause...

 to objects, situations, or individuals that are not part of normative

Normative

Normative has specialized contextual meanings in several academic disciplines. Generically, it means relating to an ideal standard or model. In practice, it has strong connotations of relating to a typical standard or model ....

 stimulation and that may cause distress or serious problems for the paraphiliac or persons associated with him or her. A paraphilia involves sexual arousal and gratification towards sexual behavior that is atypical and extreme. Some paraphilias have more than one term to describe them, and some terms overlap with others. Paraphilias without DSM codes listed come under DSM 302.9, "Paraphilia NOS (Not Otherwise Specified)".

A 2009 list contains a total of 547 paraphilias, but leads with the statement that "Not all these paraphilias have necessarily been seen in clinical setups. This may not be because they do not exist, but because they are so innocuous they are never brought to the notice of clinicians. Like allergies, sexual arousal may occur from anything under the sun, including the sun."

Paraphilias

Note: "common name" is listed only to ease looking up unfamiliar formal terms; common names are sometimes ambiguous or inaccurate descriptions.
DSM

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is published by the American Psychiatric Association and provides a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders...

 code

Abasiophilia Abasiophilia Abasiophilia is a psychosexual attraction to people with impaired mobility, especially those who use orthopaedic appliances such as leg braces, orthopedic casts, or wheelchairs...		People with impaired mobility
Acrotomophilia	Amputee fetish	People with amputation Amputation Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for... s
Agalmatophilia		Statues, mannequins and immobility
Algolagnia Algolagnia Algolagnia is a sexual tendency which is defined by deriving sexual pleasure and stimulation from physical pain, often involving an erogenous zone.Studies conducted indicate differences in how the brains of those with algolagnia interpret nerve input....		Pain Pain Pain is an unpleasant sensation often caused by intense or damaging stimuli such as stubbing a toe, burning a finger, putting iodine on a cut, and bumping the "funny bone."... , particularly involving an erogenous zone Erogenous zone An erogenous zone is an area of the human body that has heightened sensitivity, the stimulation of which may result in the production of erotic sensations or sexual excitement.People have erogenous zones all over their bodies, but which areas are more sensitive than others vary... ; differs from masochism as there is a biologically different interpretation of the sensation rather than a subjective interpretation
Andromimetophilia		Trans men
Anililagnia		Attraction by young men to older women
Apotemnophilia Apotemnophilia Apotemnophilia is a neurological disorder in which otherwise sane and rational individuals express a strong and specific desire for the amputation of a healthy limb or limbs. It is due to hypothesized damage to the right parietal lobe, as the disorder has features in common with somatoparaphrenia...		Having an amputation
Asphyxiophilia		Asphyxia Asphyxia Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from being unable to breathe normally. An example of asphyxia is choking. Asphyxia causes generalized hypoxia, which primarily affects the tissues and organs... tion or strangulation
Autagonistophilia Autagonistophilia Autagonistophilia is a paraphilia. Campbell, in his Psychiatric Dictionary describes it as, "a paraphilia in which sexual arousal and orgasm are contingent upon displaying one's self in a live show, i.e., being observed performing on stage or on camera." In his 1999 book, The Clinical Lacan, Joel...		Being on stage or on camera
Autassassinophilia Autassassinophilia Autassassinophilia is a paraphilia in which a person is sexually aroused by the risk of being killed. The fetish may overlap with some other fetishes that risk one's life, such as those involving drowning or choking.- External links :...		Being in life-threatening situations
Autoandrophilia		A biological female imagining herself as a male
Autoerotic asphixiation		Self-induced asphyxiation, sometimes to the point of near unconsciousness
Autogynephilia		A biological male imagining himself as a female
Biastophilia Biastophilia Biastophilia and its Latin language-derived counterpart, raptophilia , also paraphilic rape, refer to a paraphilia in which sexual arousal is dependent on, or is responsive to, the act of assaulting an unconsenting person, especially a stranger.Some dictionaries consider the terms synonymous,...		Rape Rape Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of valid consent. The...  of an unconsenting person; see also consensual rape fantasy Rape fantasy A rape fantasy or a ravishment is a sexual fantasy involving imagining or pretending being coerced or coercing another into sexual activity. In sexual role-play it involves acting out roles of coercive sex...
Chremastistophilia Chremastistophilia Chremastistophilia is a paraphilia whereby sexual arousal is obtained from being robbed, being held or alternatively from being charged for sexual services...		Being robbed or held up
Chronophilia Chronophilia The term chronophilia was used by John Money that he defined as a form of paraphilia in which an individual experiences sexual attraction limited to individuals of particular age ranges...		Partners of a widely differing chronological age
Coprophilia Coprophilia Coprophilia , also called scatophilia or scat, is the paraphilia involving sexual pleasure from feces...	Scat	Feces Feces Feces, faeces, or fæces is a waste product from an animal's digestive tract expelled through the anus or cloaca during defecation.-Etymology:... ; also known as scat, scatophilia or fecophilia
Crush fetish Crush fetish A crush fetish is a paraphilia in which one is sexually aroused when usually someone of the opposite sex crushes objects, food and sometimes small animals or insects with/under their foot. The term soft crush, the more common fetish: refers to videos involving small animals being crushed, usually...		Squashing of animals, food, or other objects
Dacryphilia Dacryphilia Dacryphilia is a form of paraphilia in which one is aroused by tears or sobbing.The term covers all forms of pleasure from the tears of others. The arousal is achieved when viewing a person in emotional distress...		Tears Tears Tears are secretions that clean and lubricate the eyes. Lacrimation or lachrymation is the production or shedding of tears....  or crying Crying Crying is shedding tears as a response to an emotional state in humans. The act of crying has been defined as "a complex secretomotor phenomenon characterized by the shedding of tears from the lacrimal apparatus, without any irritation of the ocular structures"...
Dendrophilia Dendrophilia (paraphilia) Dendrophilia literally means "love of trees". The term may sometimes refer to a paraphilia in which people are sexually attracted to or sexually aroused by trees. This may involve sexual contact or veneration as phallic symbols or both....		Trees
Emetophilia Emetophilia Emetophilia is a paraphilia in which an individual is aroused by vomiting or observing others vomit. Emetophiles put emetophilia into practice by actually vomiting, especially on a partner...		Vomit
Erotic asphyxiation Erotic asphyxiation Erotic asphyxiation or breath control play is the intentional restriction of oxygen to the brain for sexual arousal. The sexual preference for that behavior is variously called asphyxiophilia, autoerotic asphyxia, hypoxyphilia. Colloquially, a person engaging in the activity is sometimes called a...		Asphyxia Asphyxia Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from being unable to breathe normally. An example of asphyxia is choking. Asphyxia causes generalized hypoxia, which primarily affects the tissues and organs...  of oneself or others
Erotophonophilia Lust murder A lust murder is a homicide in which the offender searches for erotic satisfaction by killing someone. Lust murder is synonymous with the paraphilic term erotophonophilia which is sexual arousal or gratification contingent on the death of a human being...		Murder
Exhibitionism Exhibitionism Exhibitionism refers to a desire or compulsion to expose parts of one's body – specifically the genitals or buttocks of a man or woman, or the breasts of a woman – in a public or semi-public circumstance, in crowds or groups of friends or acquaintances, or to strangers...		Exposing oneself sexually to others, with or without their consent
Formicophilia Formicophilia Formicophilia, a form of zoophilia, is the sexual interest in being crawled upon or nibbled by small insects, such as ants. This paraphilia often involves the application of insects to the genitals, but other areas of the body may also be the focus. The desired effect may be a tickling or stinging...		Being crawled on by insects
Forniphilia	Human furniture	Turning a human being into a piece of furniture
Frotteurism Frotteurism Frotteurism refers to a paraphilic interest in rubbing, usually one's pelvis or erect penis, against a non-consenting person for sexual gratification. It may involve touching any part of the body including the genital area. A person who practices frotteurism is known as a frotteur...		Rubbing against a non-consenting person	302.89
Gerontophilia Gerontophilia The term gerontophilia refers to the sexual preference for the elderly. The word is originated from Greek: Geron, which means "old man" and philie, which means "love"...		Elderly people
Gynemimetophilia	Transwomen	Transsexual or transgender women
Hebephilia Hebephilia Hebephilia refers to the sexual preference for individuals in the early years of puberty . Girls typically begin the process of puberty at age 10 or 11; boys at age 11 or 12...		Generally early pubescent children
Homeovestism		Wearing clothing emblematic of one's own sex
Hybristophilia Hybristophilia Hybristophilia is a paraphilia involving being sexually aroused or attracted to people who have committed an outrage or a gruesome crime. In popular culture, this phenomenon is also known as "Bonnie and Clyde Syndrome"....		Criminals, particularly for cruel or outrageous crimes
Infantophilia		Pedophilia Pedophilia As a medical diagnosis, pedophilia is defined as a psychiatric disorder in adults or late adolescents typically characterized by a primary or exclusive sexual interest in prepubescent children...  with a focus on children five years old or younger. (Recently suggested term, not in general use.)
Kleptophilia		Stealing; also known as kleptolagnia
Klismaphilia Klismaphilia The term Klismaphilia refers to the receiving of sexual arousal from introducing liquids into the rectum and colon via the anus. This paraphilia often involves the use of enemas. The term klismaphilia was coined in 1973 by Dr...		Enema Enema An enema is the procedure of introducing liquids into the rectum and colon via the anus. The increasing volume of the liquid causes rapid expansion of the lower intestinal tract, often resulting in very uncomfortable bloating, cramping, powerful peristalsis, a feeling of extreme urgency and... s
Lactophilia		Breast milk Breast milk Breast milk, more specifically human milk, is the milk produced by the breasts of a human female for her infant offspring...
Liquidophilia		Immersing genitals in liquids
Macrophilia Macrophilia Macrophilia refers to a fascination with or a sexual fantasy involving giants. The fantasy is typically based around one or more giantesses or giant's domination of a smaller human...		Giants, primarily domination by giant women or men
Mammaphilia/Breast fetishism Breast fetishism Breast fetishism is a type of sexual fetish which involves a sexual interest in female breasts....		Breast Breast The breast is the upper ventral region of the torso of a primate, in left and right sides, which in a female contains the mammary gland that secretes milk used to feed infants.Both men and women develop breasts from the same embryological tissues... s; also known as mammagynophilia and mastofact. Debate exists on whether the modern widespread sexual attraction Sexual attraction Sexual attractiveness or sex appeal refers to an individual's ability to attract the sexual or erotic interest of another person, and is a factor in sexual selection or mate choice. The attraction can be to the physical or other qualities or traits of a person, or to such qualities in the context...  to breasts among heterosexual males of western society constitutes a sexual fetish. In clinical literature of the 19th century, the focus on breasts was considered a form of paraphillia, but in modern times this interest is considered normal.
Masochism	BDSM BDSM BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The compound acronym BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline , dominance and submission , and sadism and masochism...	Suffering; being beaten, bound or otherwise humiliated	302.83
Mechanophilia Mechanophilia Mechaphilia or Mechanophilia is a paraphilia involving a sexual attraction to machines such as bicycles, motor vehicles, helicopters, and aeroplanes. It is treated as a crime in some nations with perpetrators being placed on a sex offenders’ register after prosecution...		Cars or other machines; also "mechaphilia".
Menophilia		Menstruation Menstruation Menstruation is the shedding of the uterine lining . It occurs on a regular basis in sexually reproductive-age females of certain mammal species. This article focuses on human menstruation.-Overview:...
Morphophilia		Particular body shapes or sizes
Mucophilia		Mucus Mucus In vertebrates, mucus is a slippery secretion produced by, and covering, mucous membranes. Mucous fluid is typically produced from mucous cells found in mucous glands. Mucous cells secrete products that are rich in glycoproteins and water. Mucous fluid may also originate from mixed glands, which...
Mysophilia		Dirtiness, soiled or decaying things
Narratophilia Narratophilia Narratophilia is a sexual fetish, in which the telling of dirty and obscene words or stories to a partner is sexually arousing.. The term is also used for arousal by means of listening to obscene words and stories....	Dirty talk Dirty talk Dirty talk is the practice of using graphic word imagery to heighten sexual pleasure before and during sexual intercourse. It is commonly a part of foreplay.Dirty talk can include vivid erotic descriptions, sexual humor, sexual commands and rude words...	Obscene words Obscenity An obscenity is any statement or act which strongly offends the prevalent morality of the time, is a profanity, or is otherwise taboo, indecent, abhorrent, or disgusting, or is especially inauspicious...
Nasophilia		Nose Human nose The visible part of the human nose is the protruding part of the face that bears the nostrils. The shape of the nose is determined by the ethmoid bone and the nasal septum, which consists mostly of cartilage and which separates the nostrils... s
Navel fetishism Navel fetishism Navel fetishism or Navel fetish is a sexual fetish in which an individual is attracted to the human navel. Also referred as Belly Button fetish.-Stimuli:...		Sexual attraction to navel Navel The navel is a scar on the abdomen caused when the umbilical cord is removed from a newborn baby... s - either their own or someone else's.
Necrophilia Necrophilia Necrophilia, also called thanatophilia or necrolagnia, is the sexual attraction to corpses,It is classified as a paraphilia by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association. The word is artificially derived from the ancient Greek words: νεκρός and φιλία...		Corpses
Olfactophilia Olfactophilia Olfactophilia or osmolagnia is a paraphilia for, and sexual attraction to, or sexual arousal by smells and odors emanating from the body, especially the sexual areas...		Smells
Paraphilic infantilism	Adult baby/Diaper lover (AB/DL)	Sexual arousal based on dressing or being treated like a baby, also known as autonepiophilia or "adult baby syndrome"
Partialism Partialism Partialism refers to a sexual interest with an exclusive focus of a specific part of the body. Partialism is categorized as a paraphilia in the DSM-IV-TR of the American Psychiatric Association...		Specific, non-genital body parts
Pedophilia Pedophilia As a medical diagnosis, pedophilia is defined as a psychiatric disorder in adults or late adolescents typically characterized by a primary or exclusive sexual interest in prepubescent children...		Prepubescent children, also spelled paedophilia. Often confused with hebephilia Hebephilia Hebephilia refers to the sexual preference for individuals in the early years of puberty . Girls typically begin the process of puberty at age 10 or 11; boys at age 11 or 12... , ephebophilia Ephebophilia Ephebophilia is the sexual preference of adults for mid-to-late adolescents, generally ages 15 to 19. The term was originally used in the late 19th to mid 20th century, and has been more recently revisited by Ray Blanchard. It is one of a number of sexual preferences across age groups subsumed... , and pederasty Pederasty Pederasty or paederasty is an intimate relationship between an adult and an adolescent boy outside his immediate family. The word pederasty derives from Greek "love of boys", a compound derived from "child, boy" and "lover".Historically, pederasty has existed as a variety of customs and... .
Peodeiktophilia		Exposing one's penis
Pedovestism		Dressing like a child
Pictophilia		Pornography Pornography Pornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...  or erotic art, particularly pictures
Piquerism Piquerism Piquerism or picquerism is a paraphilia and form of sadomasochism in which one finds sexual gratification through penetration of another person, most commonly by stabbing or cutting the body with sharp objects. The most frequently targeted areas of the body are the breasts, buttocks, or groin...		Sexual gratification through penetration of another person, most commonly by stabbing or cutting the body with sharp objects.
Podophilia	Foot fetish	Feet.
Pygophilia		Buttocks
Pyrophilia Pyrophilia Pyrophilia is a relatively uncommon paraphilia in which the patient derives gratification from fire and fire-starting activity. It is distinguished from pyromania by the gratification being of a sexual nature.-Description:...		Fire
Raptophilia		Committing rape, possibly consensual rape fantasy Rape fantasy A rape fantasy or a ravishment is a sexual fantasy involving imagining or pretending being coerced or coercing another into sexual activity. In sexual role-play it involves acting out roles of coercive sex...
Sacofricosis		Making a hole in a pocket in order to masturbate unobtrusively in public
Sadism	BDSM	Inflicting pain on others	302.84
Salirophilia Salirophilia Salirophilia is a sexual fetish or paraphilia that involves deriving erotic pleasure from soiling or disheveling the object of one's desire, usually an attractive person. It may involve tearing or damaging their clothing, covering them in mud or filth, or messing their hair or makeup...		Soiling or dirtying others
Sexual fetishism Sexual fetishism Sexual fetishism, or erotic fetishism, is the sexual arousal a person receives from a physical object, or from a specific situation. The object or situation of interest is called the fetish, the person a fetishist who has a fetish for that object/situation. Sexual fetishism may be regarded, e.g...		Nonliving objects	302.81
Somnophilia Somnophilia Somnophilia is a paraphilia in which sexual arousal or orgasm are stimulated by intruding on and awakening a sleeping person with erotic caresses, but not with force or violence...		Sleeping or unconscious people
Splanchnophilia		Entrails
Sthenolagnia	Muscle worship	Muscles and displays of strength
Stigmatophilia		Body piercing Body piercing Body piercing, a form of body modification, is the practice of puncturing or cutting a part of the human body, creating an opening in which jewelry may be worn. The word piercing can refer to the act or practice of body piercing, or to an opening in the body created by this act or practice... s and tattoo Tattoo A tattoo is made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. Tattoos on humans are a type of body modification, and tattoos on other animals are most commonly used for identification purposes... s
Symphorophilia Symphorophilia Symphorophilia is a paraphilia in which sexual arousal hinges on staging and watching a disaster such as a fire or traffic accidents.-In popular culture:...		Witnessing or staging disasters such as car accidents
Telephone scatologia		Obscene phone call Obscene phone call An obscene phone call is an unsolicited telephone call where a person derives sexual pleasure by using sexual or foul language to an unknown person. Making obscene telephone calls for sexual pleasure is known as telephone scatologia and is considered a form of exhibitionism... s, particularly to strangers; also known as telephonicophilia
Teratophilia		Deformed or monstrous people
Transvestic fetishism Transvestic fetishism Transvestic fetishism is having a sexual or erotic interest in cross-dressing. It differs from cross-dressing for entertainment or other purposes that do not involve sexual arousal and is categorized as a paraphilia in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association...	Cross-dressing	Wearing clothes associated with the opposite sex; also known as transvestism	302.3
Transvestophilia		A transvestite Transvestism Transvestism is the practice of cross-dressing, which is wearing clothing traditionally associated with the opposite sex. Transvestite refers to a person who cross-dresses; however, the word often has additional connotations. -History:Although the word transvestism was coined as late as the 1910s,...  sexual partner
Trichophilia Trichophilia Trichophilia, hair partialism, or hair fetishism is a paraphilia in which one becomes sexually aroused by, or is extremely fond of, human hair; commonly head hair....		Hair
Troilism Troilism Troilism refers to the erotic interest in watching one’s romantic partner engage in sexual behavior with a third party, sometimes while hidden. A common example is a husband watching his wife have intercourse with another man. This scenario is part of the swinger lifestyle, and varies depending...	Cuckolding	Cuckold Cuckold Cuckold is a historically derogatory term for a man who has an unfaithful wife. The word, which has been in recorded use since the 13th century, derives from the cuckoo bird, some varieties of which lay their eggs in other birds' nests... ism, watching one's partner have sex with someone else, possibly without the third party's knowledge; also known as triolism
Urolagnia Urolagnia Urolagnia is a paraphilia in which sexual excitement is associated with the sight or thought of urine or urination. The term has origins in the Greek Language .Those who enjoy urolagnia may enjoy urinating on another person or persons, or being urinated upon...	Piss play	Urination Urination Urination, also known as micturition, voiding, peeing, weeing, pissing, and more rarely, emiction, is the ejection of urine from the urinary bladder through the urethra to the outside of the body. In healthy humans the process of urination is under voluntary control... , particularly in public, on others, and/or being urinated on
Vampirism	Blood play	Attraction to or involving blood Blood Blood is a specialized bodily fluid in animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells....
Vorarephilia Vorarephilia Vorarephilia is a sexual fetish and paraphilia where arousal occurs from the idea of being eaten, eating another, observing this process, or by the general process of eating. The fantasy most frequently involves the victim being swallowed alive, and may or may not include digestion...	Vore	The idea of eating or being eaten by others; usually swallowed whole, in one piece
Voyeurism Voyeurism In clinical psychology, voyeurism is the sexual interest in or practice of spying on people engaged in intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual activity, or other activity usually considered to be of a private nature....		Watching others while naked or having sex, generally without their knowledge; also known as scopophilia or scoptophilia.	302.82
Zoophilia Zoophilia Zoophilia, from the Greek ζῷον and φιλία is the practice of sex between humans and non-human animals , or a preference or fixation on such practice...  / Bestiality		Animals
Zoosadism Zoosadism Zoosadism is a term coined by Ernest Borneman referring to pleasure derived from cruelty to animals. Zoosadism is part of the Macdonald triad, a set of three behaviors that are a precursor to sociopathic behavior.-Research:...		Inflicting pain on or seeing animals in pain

Technical terms for non-paraphilic sexual interests

• Alloerotic: Sexual attraction to others (as opposed to autoerotic)
• Androphilia: Sexual interest in men
• Analloerotic: Lacking in sexual interests towards others (but not lacking in sexual drive—see asexuality
  Asexuality
  Asexuality , in its broadest sense, is the lack of sexual attraction and, in some cases, the lack of interest in sex. Sometimes, it is considered a lack of a sexual orientation...
  
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• Ephebophilia
  Ephebophilia
  Ephebophilia is the sexual preference of adults for mid-to-late adolescents, generally ages 15 to 19. The term was originally used in the late 19th to mid 20th century, and has been more recently revisited by Ray Blanchard. It is one of a number of sexual preferences across age groups subsumed...
  
  : Sexual preference for individuals in mid-to-late adolescence, typically ages 15–19.
• Gynephilia: Sexual interest in women
• Teleiophilia: Sexual interest in adults (as opposed to pedophilia, etc.)

Homosexuality

Homosexuality

Homosexuality

Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same...

 and Bisexuality

Bisexuality

Bisexuality is sexual behavior or an orientation involving physical or romantic attraction to both males and females, especially with regard to men and women. It is one of the three main classifications of sexual orientation, along with a heterosexual and a homosexual orientation, all a part of the...

 were listed as paraphilias ("sexual deviations" in the original terminology) in early versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is published by the American Psychiatric Association and provides a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders...

and were removed from the third version.