amaurophilia

/əˌmaʊɹoʊˈfɪliə/

amaurophilia means A sexual attraction to darkness or being in the dark, or a partner being blind either through disability or physical restraints.

Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, amaurophilia ranks #23,630 of 42,749 for Qualifying.

amaurophilia is pronounced /əˌmaʊɹoʊˈfɪliə/.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμαυρός (amaurós, “dark, blind”) + -philia which is again Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “love, affection”).

noun

A sexual attraction to darkness or being in the dark, or a partner being blind either through disability or physical restraints.e.g.“Amaurophilia : preference for a blind or blindfolded partner.” — 2006, Mitchell Symons, Where Do Nudists Keep Their Hankies?, Transworld Publishers Limited, →ISBN:

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Words closest in meaning

By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

nyctophilia 69% match — Love of the night; attraction (sometimes sexual) to night or darkness. vs amaurophilia →
acrotomophilia 63% match — A paraphilia involving sexual attraction toward amputees. vs amaurophilia →
dysmorphophilia 62% match — Sexual arousal arising from deformed, mentally impaired, or physically impaired partners. vs amaurophilia →
lygophilia 62% match — The love of darkness. vs amaurophilia →
amaurosis 62% match — Any form of blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye; often the result of disease of the optic nerve. vs amaurophilia →
amaurotic 61% match — Pertaining to or suffering from amaurosis. vs amaurophilia →
autophilia 61% match — Self-love, especially sexual attraction to the self. vs amaurophilia →
agonophilia 61% match — A type of paraphilia or sexual interest characterized by arousal from acts of struggling, fighting, or pretending to resist before being overpowered. vs amaurophilia →