spectrophilia

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noun

A paraphilia involving sexual excitement from ghosts or from images in mirrors.

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Meanings

nounspectrophilia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA paraphilia involving sexual excitement from ghosts or from images in mirrors.

    These systems may be in the alternative insemination via mouth streams or spectrophilia or they may be in the actual birthing act or simulation of the act via ritual.

    2007, Erica Eaton, Liminal: Spaces-in-between Visible and Invisible, page 52

Origin

From spectro- + -philia.

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APA

spectrophilia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectrophilia

MLA

“spectrophilia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectrophilia. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spectrophilia,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectrophilia.

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