Meanings
plural normophiles
- slanguncommonA person who has mainstream or socially accepted sexual interests.
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The notion that the heterosexual, genitally-fixated “normophile” has somehow attained “authenticity” merely by obediently assuming the societally approved outcome of sexuality, while the pervert needs to be convinced of his delusion by the “good enough” analyst (Stoller, 1986, p. 95) is a piece of reasoning whose normative cultural-political implications cannot be ignored.
2018, Dany Nobus, Lisa Downing, editors, Perversion (Psychoanalytic Perspectives/Perspectives on Psychoanalysis), Routledge, →ISBNSynonyms: non-kinkster, nonparaphiliac, normophiliac, orthosexual, vanilla
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who has mainstream or socially accepted sexual interests.
Origin
From normal + -phile, by surface analysis, normo- + -phile.
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normophile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/normophile
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