According to Merriam Webster (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paraphilia) – a paraphilia is:
A pattern of recurring sexually arousing mental imagery or behavior that involves unusual and especially socially unacceptable sexual practices (such as sadism or pedophilia)
Basically, a paraphilia is an atypical sexual interest – something a person likes sexually, that is more than just a penis in a vagina. This list exists because if someone fantasize about something, then there is, most likely, a name for it
The following list uses the typical Greek and Latin names which is used in a Medical / Clinical Setting. If you are looking for a list of plain language kinks, go here:
List of Paraphilias:
Kink Description
Abasiophilia attraction to people in neck braces, wheelchairs, casts, or other devices that impair mobility. (It may be part of a medical fetish or enjoyed because it restricts movement.)
Acarophilia arousal from scratching. Scratching is often an element incorporated into rough sex.
Acrotomophilia fetish for amputees.
Agalmatophilia a person with this fetish is aroused by statues, mannequins or other figurative representations.
Agoraphilia fetish dedicated to sex in public places.
Altocalciphilia fetish for shoes and footwear. Also known as retifism.
Amaurophilia kink for being unable to see, blinded or blindfolded during sex.
Anasteemaphilia fetish for people over extreme sizes, ie a giant or a dwarf. It can be used to refer to attraction to partners of differing heights even if those people aren’t especially gigantic or tiny.
Aquaphilia fetish for water and having sex in or around water. This can extend to a fetish for swimwear or posing in water even if it doesn’t involve sexual activity.
Arbophilia sexual attraction to trees, either because they are phallic-shaped or because of the texture. Also known as Dendrophilia.
Autogynephilia kink where men present/dress as women.
Autoplushophilia type of plushophilia where a person is aroused by the idea being a stuffed animal, especially a cartoonish one.
Belonephilia arousal to pins, needles and sharp objects.
Brontophilia arousal from thunderstorms.
Chasmophilia aroused by crevices, caverns, or valleys.
Chrematistophilia kink for being forced to pay for sex.
Claustrophilia aroused or experiences orgasm through confinement to small spaces, typically in bondage.
Coprophilia fetish for fecal matter. Also known as Scatophilia.
Crurophilia kink related to legs.
Dacryphilia arousal caused by tears or crying.
Dendrophilia sexual attraction to trees, either because they are phallic-shaped or because of the texture. Also known as Arbophilia.
Doraphilia playing with skin, leather, or fur.
Dracophilia fetish for dragons.
Elastophilia fetish for stretchy materials including spandex, latex, silicone, etc.
Emetophilia sexual obsession with the act or substance of vomit.
Endytophilia fetish for sex while fully or partially clothed.
Enkuopoiphilia fetish for impregnation.
Eproctophilia arousal from flatulence.
Fetishism arousal by and sexual activity with an inanimate object such as shoes. Also known as Objectophilia
Formicophilia arousal by insects or by insects crawling on and nibbling the body.
Gerontophilia attraction to someone from a much older age group.
Haematomania fetish for blood and bleeding. May include wounds, vampirism or biting to draw blood. Also known as Hematolagnia.
Harpaxophilia fetish for being robbed.
Hematolagnia fetish for blood and bleeding. May include wounds, vampirism or biting to draw blood. Also known as Haematomania.
Homeovestism attraction to the clothing of one’s own gender or by people wearing the clothing accepted as appropriate for their gender by society.
Hybristophilia arousal by the knowledge that one’s partner has committed a heinous act or crime. Some people find themselves attracted to criminals who are in prison.
Hygrophilia arousal by the mess created by sexual fluids, both male and female.
Hypoxia arousal for being submerged under water to restrict breathing. A type of erotic asphyxiation.
Katoptronophilia fetish for having sex in front of mirrors.
Keraunophilia fetish with thunder and lightning.
Klismaphilia inserting a tube into the anus and using a liquid (typically water, but other solutions may be utilized including urine) to clean out the rectum (enemas).
Knismolagnia, fetish for tickling. Also known as Titillagnia.
Lesbophilia fetish for female on female sex.
Lithophilia kink for rocks, stones, or gravel.
Macrogenitalism fetish for genitals that are particularly large. This is not limited just to penises.
Maiesiophilia sexual attraction to pregnant women or giving birth.
Maschalagnia fetish dedicated to armpits: including, kissing, licking and smelling.
Masochism arousal from receiving pain, punishment, and torture.
Mechanophilia sexual attraction to and arousal by machines (including robots, cars, and other machinery)
Menophilia arousal to menstrual blood.
Merinthophilia fetish for bondage.
Mixophilia kink related to watching yourself having sex.
Morphophilia fetish to bodies and body parts that are different from the norm.
Mysophilia fetish for dirt and items that have been dirtied, especially by bodily fluids during sex.
Narratophilia fetish shared by those who enjoy telling and listening to dirty stories, talking about sex or incorporating dirty talk into sex.
Nasolingus fetish for sucking on someone’s nose.
Nasophilia fetish for noses.
Necrophilia fetish for human corpses.
Necrozoophilia fetish for deceased animals.
Nyctophilia fetish for darkenss. Scotophilia has the same meaning.
Objectophilia arousal by and sexual activity with an inanimate object such as shoes. Also known as fetishism.
Oculolinctus fetish for licking eyeballs.
Oculophilia fetish for eyes.
Odaxelagnia kink for biting or being bitten. May or may not involve blood.
Odontophilia fetish for teeth, which can include biting, licking teeth or even removing them.
Olfactophilia arousal to smells, especially pungent body odors.
Osmolagnia fetish for sweat or gaseous emissions specifically.
Parthenophilia fetish for virginal partners.
Partialism fetish for specific body parts and not the whole.
Pecattiphilia fetish for sinning and breaking religious rules.
Pediophilia fetish for dolls, especially sex dolls.
Peodeiktophilia arousal by showing one’s penis to others (flashing).
Phalloorchoalgolagnia arousal from pain directed toward male genitals.
Phallophilia fetish for large penises.
Phobophilia arousal by being afraid.
Phygephilia fetish for being a fugitive on the run.
Pictophilia fetish for watching pornography, especially of the same actor.
Piquerism or Picquerism fetish for play piercing typically for temporary decoration as well as for the sensation of breaking the skin.
Plushophilia fetish for stuffed animals.
Podophilia fetish for feet.
Polyiterophilia aroused by group sex.
Psychrocism fetish dedicated to being cold, having sex with a cold partner or using cold during sex.
Psychrophilia arousal by being cold or watching others be cold.
Pteronphilia arousal from being tickled, specifically by feathers.
Pubephilia arousal by pubic hair.
Pygmalionism arousal for human-like images, especially when you made it yourself.
Pygophilia arousal by butts and seeing, touching and playing with them. See partialism.
Pyrolagnia arousal from watching or setting fires.
Pyrophilia a fascination with fire.
Quirofilia fetish for hands.
Retifism fetish for shoes and footwear. Also known as Altocalciphilia.
Rhabdophilia fetish for receiving physical beatings such as flogging or whipping.
Sadism arousal from providing pain, punishment, and torture.
Savantophilia fetish for people who have a cognitive impairment or delay.
Scatophilia fetish for fecal matter. Also known as coprophilia.
Siderodromophilia fetish for trains or engaging in sexual activity on a train.
Somnophilia fetish for sexual partners who are asleep.
Stigmatophilia fetish for piercings and sometimes tattoos.
Stygiophilia arousal by thoughts of hell and eternal damnation.
Symphorphilia fetish for watching car accidents or other traumatic incidents.
Tantalolagnia Arousal by teasing, buy physical or mental means.
Taphephilia fetish for being buried alive.
Technophilia fetish for any technology such as robots, AI and sex machines.
Teleiophilia the erotic preference for persons between the age of physical maturity and the onset of middle-age.
Telephonicophilia fetish for phone sex and dirty talking over the phone.
Teratophilia arousal by people with bodily deformities.
Thesauromania fetish for collecting women’s clothing.
Titillagnia fetish for tickling. Also known as Knismolagnia.
Trichophilia fetish for hair.
Triolism fetish for threesomes.
Tripsolagnophilia fetish for massage.
Urophilia fetish involving playing with urine, being peed on or urinating on another person.
Ursusagalmatophilia fetish for teddy bears or dressing up as a teddy bear/animal.
Urtication fetish for using the nettle plant to sting a partner’s skin.
Vaccinophilia fetish for vaccination fetish.
Vicarphilia arousal by being sexually vicarious, specifically related to enjoying other’s stories of sexual activity.
Vincilagnia fetish for being tied up and at the mercy of another person.
Vorarephilia arousal from the idea of being eaten alive or to eating someone while they are still alive.
Voyeurism fetish for watching someone else while naked or engaged in sexual activity.
Xenophilia arousal by exotic people or objects.
Xylophilia fetish for wood.
Zelophilia arousal due to jealousy, either your own or someone’s jealousy over you.
Zoophilia fetish for dressing like an animal for sex or feeling romantic attraction to animals.