piquerism

English

Etymology

From French piquer +‎ -ism.

Noun

piquerism (uncountable)

1. Sexual interest in penetrating another person's skin using sharp objects (e.g knives, nails, pins, razor, etc.).
   • 1983 October 1, Ronald M. Holmes, The Sex Offender and the Criminal Justice System, Springfield: C. C. Thomas, →ISBN, →OL, page 150:

     Piquerism, then, is usually perpetrated on others within some close physical proximity.

   • 2002, Wade C. Myers, Juvenile Sexual Homicide, London, San Diego: Academic Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 145:

     Often, the sexual mechanisms inherent in piquerism are ignored during the assessment of sexually sadistic crimes.

   • 2013 January 21, “Pilot”, in The Following, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Mike Weston (Shawn Ashmore):

     This triggered his piquerism, the act of stabbing, slicing flesh for arousal.

Hypernyms

• paraphilia

Related terms

• piquerist