Home › Words › A › asphyxiophiliacasphyxiophiliacasphyxiophiliac means A person who enjoys erotic asphyxiation.EtymologyFrom asphyxiophilia + -ac.nounA person who enjoys erotic asphyxiation.e.g.“I am an asphyxiophiliac. I started to strangle myself when I was sixteen. I didn't hang myself, however, I choked!” — 1995, John M. Grossberg, Eccentric and Bizarre Behaviors, Wiley, →ISBN, page 112:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.asphyxiophilia 81% match — A paraphilia involving an attraction to breathplay. vs asphyxiophiliac →breathplay 71% match — Erotic asphyxiation; a sexual practice involving the intentional deprivation of oxygen to the brain, often by means of choking. vs asphyxiophiliac →asphyxiator 71% match — One who or that which asphyxiates. vs asphyxiophiliac →hypoxyphilia 71% match — A paraphilia involving an attraction to breathplay. vs asphyxiophiliac →autoasphyxiation 70% match — The practice of choking or strangling oneself for sexual gratification. vs asphyxiophiliac →algophilist 65% match — A person who is subject to algophilia; one who derives sexual pleasure from feeling pain. vs asphyxiophiliac →autoasphyxiate 65% match — To commit autoasphyxiation. vs asphyxiophiliac →asphyxial 65% match — Of or relating to asphyxia. vs asphyxiophiliac →