somnophilia

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Proto-Indo-European *swep-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *swépnos

Proto-Italic *swepnos

Latin somnusder.

English somn-

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

English somno-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s

Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der.

English -philia

English somnophilia

somnophilia (uncountable)

A paraphilia in which an individual becomes sexually aroused by someone who is unconscious.
- 2008, D. Richard Laws, William T. O'Donohue, Sexual deviance: theory, assessment, and treatment, page 401:
  In contrast, Calef and Weinshel (1972) suggested that somnophilia may be a neurotic equivalent of necrophilia.
(BDSM) Any sex act during which one of the partners is asleep or close to falling asleep.
Synonym: somno

Hypernym: consensual non-consent

sexual attraction to unconscious people