Poképhilia

noun

Sexual attraction to Pokémon.

Meanings

nounPoképhilia (uncountable)

alternative Pokephilia

  1. rareslanguncountablelifestyleSexual attraction to Pokémon.

    If you post poképhilia and hentai, I must follow you :3

    2016 December 8, Ayuminaki, Twitter
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    My sister's owner is taking her to a photoshoot; she'd like me to come & make sure that it's not going to turn into a poképhilia shoot.

    2011 April 2, Calm Gardevoir, Twitter

    Never knew it was Poképhilia that would split the chapter

    2018 May 31, AnarchoGamerism, Twitter

    When I strictly put Poképhilia accounts and freaks do not interact, I get a freaking Bulbasaur account that is disgusting and lewd.

    2020 November 24, GreatLxon, Twitter

    Censoring Poképhilia: In the Japanese version of Gen 4, a book in the Canalave Library says Pokemon and humans used to marry each other. But it was censored in the English version to remove the icky implication.

    2021 August 28, reggie_800, Twitter

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*puhô
  2. Frankish*pokō
  3. Old Frenchpoche
  4. Anglo-Normanpoket
  5. Middle Englishpocket
  6. Englishpocket
  7. Japaneseポケット
  8. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*monéyeti
  10. Proto-Italic*man-eje-
  11. Proto-Italic*moneō
  12. Proto-Italic*monestrom
  13. Latinmōnstrum
  14. Old Frenchmonstre
  15. Middle Englishmonstre
  16. Englishmonster
  17. Japaneseモンスター
  18. Japaneseポケットモンスターclip.
  19. Japaneseポケモン (Pokemon)
  20. EnglishPokémonclip.
  21. EnglishPoké-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*bʰil-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*bʰil-o-s
  24. Ancient Greekφίλος (phílos)
  25. EnglishPoképhilebf.?
  26. EnglishPoképhilia

Probably a back-formation from Poképhile. Analysable as Poké- (pertaining to the Pokémon media franchise) + -philia (abnormal love of something).

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APA

Poképhilia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pok%C3%A9philia

MLA

“Poképhilia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pok%C3%A9philia. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Poképhilia,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pok%C3%A9philia.

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