vorarephilia

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US/ˌvoɹ.ɹə.ɹəˈfɪ.li.ə/US/voɹˌɹɛ.ɹ(ə)ˈfɪ.li.ə/US/voʊ̯-/

noun

A paraphilia or fetish in role-playing, involving the devouring of or being devoured by another person or creature.

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phagophilia
OriginLatin vorare →
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Meanings

nounvorarephilia (uncountable)

alternative voraphilia · alternative voreaphilia

  1. uncountableA paraphilia or fetish in role-playing, involving the devouring of or being devoured by another person or creature.

    1998, Karl Xydexx Jorgensen, in alt.fan.furry http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/msg/1a213152a9bb5836?dmode=source&hl=en Ooh, vorarephilia. What's eating me? A big wolfy, prolly. I'm everyone's favorite chew-toy.

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    1999, Kevin Alexander Cosmic, in alt.fan.vore http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.vore/msg/b0833972db5377ca?dmode=source&hl=en A place to discuss vorarephilia... Why, I am right on topic here, my kind of place, and not even any competing predators to snatch my prey away while I play with it, harrr harrr harrrr!

    2004, Cecil Adams, The Straight Dope 2 July https://web.archive.org/web/20080512084711/http://www.straightdope.com/columns/040702.html Vore (short for vorarephilia) is a code word for a sexual interest in things eating other things.

  2. proscribeduncountableSexual cannibalism as a paraphilia.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
phagophilia
Also see
phagophilia

Origin

  1. Latinvorare“to devour”
  2. Englishvorarephilia

From Latin vorare (“to devour”) + -philia.

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Translations

Finnish vorarefilia
  • vorarefiliasexual fetish
French vorarephilie
  • vorarephiliesexual fetish
German Vorarephilie
  • Vorarephiliesexual fetish
Japanese 丸呑みフェティシズム
  • 丸呑みフェティシズム (marunomi fetishizumu)sexual fetish
Polish worarefilia
  • worarefiliasexual fetish
Russian ворофили́я, ворарефили́я
  • ворофили́я (vorofilíja)sexual fetish
  • ворарефили́я (vorarefilíja)sexual fetish
Spanish vorarefilia
  • vorarefiliasexual fetish
Swedish vorarefili
  • vorarefilisexual fetish

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with vorarephilia

pedophiliahaemophilianecrophiliaphiliacoprophiliajuveniliaklismaphiliaandrophiliaaptophiliaaquaphiliaasphyxiophiliaautoandrogynemorphophiliaautoandrophiliaautogynandromorphophiliaautogynephiliaautonepiophiliabibliophiliabiophiliaclaustrophiliadiscophiliaephebophiliaeproctophiliageophiliagerontophilia
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Cite this entry
APA

vorarephilia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vorarephilia

MLA

“vorarephilia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vorarephilia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vorarephilia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vorarephilia.

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