coulrophilia

English

Etymology

Coined after coulrophobia with -philia.

Noun

coulrophilia (uncountable)

1. A paraphilia consisting of sexual attraction to clowns, jesters and mimes.
   • 2010, Monica Drake, Clown Girl: A Novel, page 239:

     If you're charmed by incompetence, that's just another kind of coulrophilia.

   • 2013, Nika Bella Dea, Bizarre Femdom Fetishes:

     This volume of stories covers auto flagellation (self spanking), serviphilia (sexual servitude), agalmatophilia (mannequin sex), microphilia (attraction to small people), knismolagnia (sexual tickling), coulrophilia (clowns), gerontophilia, […]

   • 2018, Menina Wik, Romance Gone Mortal–Taboo of Shipping Fictional Movie Monsters:

     The blog recognizes its controversiality by informing about teratophilia, the ability to see beauty in the unusual and a sexual preference for individuals having unusual appearance, and its subgenre coulrophilia, sexual attraction to clowns

   • 2020, Evan Nichols, The Ask Dr. Eldritch ETERNAL HOROSCOPE OF MYSTERY!, page 77:

     The ascending of Jocund Jupiter may give you a case of coulrophilia, but this variety will draw clowns to YOU.

Further reading

• coulrophilia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia