Meanings
- uncountableA paraphilia consisting of sexual attraction to clowns, jesters and mimes.
If you're charmed by incompetence, that's just another kind of coulrophilia.
2010, Monica Drake, Clown Girl: A Novel, page 2393 more examples
This volume of stories covers auto flagellation (self spanking), serviphilia (sexual servitude), agalmatophilia (mannequin sex), microphilia (attraction to small people), knismolagnia (sexual tickling), coulrophilia (clowns), gerontophilia, […]
2013, Nika Bella Dea, Bizarre Femdom FetishesThe blog recognizes its controversiality by informing about teratophilia, the ability to see beauty in the unusual and a sexual preference for individuals having unusual appearance, and its subgenre coulrophilia, sexual attraction to clowns
2018, Menina Wik, Romance Gone Mortal–Taboo of Shipping Fictional Movie MonstersThe ascending of Jocund Jupiter may give you a case of coulrophilia, but this variety will draw clowns to YOU.
2020, Evan Nichols, The Ask Dr. Eldritch ETERNAL HOROSCOPE OF MYSTERY!, page 77
Origin
Coined after coulrophobia with -philia.
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