Etymology

autagonistophilia

Today it means: A paraphilia in which sexual arousal is derived from being recorded during sexual activity, or performing onstage infront of others. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀγωνιστής
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφιλία“love, affection”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀγωνιστής“actor”
  3. English todayautagonistophilia

From auto- + Ancient Greek ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “actor”) + -philia from Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “love, affection”). Literally: “love of oneself as actor or performer.”

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀγωνιστής all →

agonistagonistes

Ancient Greekφιλία all →

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